OpenChain CRA Requirement & Checklist: Turning Cyber Resilience Act Compliance into Action The European Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is transforming the way manufacturers and software providers approach cybersecurity. While the regulation defines what organizations must achieve, many companies are still asking the same question: How do we actually implement these requirements in practice? This is exactly where the OpenChain CRA

How the new SBOM standard is transforming software supply chain management and why it is critical for your CRA compliance Bitsea GmbH · July 2026 · Reading time: approx. 8 minutes Introduction: A Standard in Transition The Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) has evolved from a niche topic into a regulatory requirement over the past few years. With the EU

In September 2025, the npm ecosystem experienced one of the most consequential software supply-chain compromises to date. A self-propagating worm, now commonly referred to as Shai-Hulud, compromised hundreds of npm packages, harvested developer and CI/CD credentials, and used those credentials to spread laterally across the ecosystem by publishing further malicious updates under the identities of legitimate maintainers. Within weeks, a

Open source is no longer a niche topic—in 2025, it is clearer than ever how indispensable open software has become for our digital world. Without open source solutions, large parts of data traffic, many platforms, and even smartphones would come to a standstill. At the same time, the open source community is a key driver of innovation, whether in cloud