Secure Boot or Bust Under the New EU Cyber Law
Under the EU’s new cybersecurity laws, device makers must either build secure boot into products or risk losing compliance and consumer trust.
As the EU’s new cybersecurity rulebook lands, one message to device makers stands out: if your gadget can run code, you must prove that only trusted code runs at boot, during updates, and throughout its life.
This is one of the pillars of “secure by design” under the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the Radio Equipment Directive’s new cybersecurity rules (RED DA).
For consumers, that’s good news: fewer bricked homes, fewer zombie botnets, and a more honest interpretation of what “secure” actually means.
integrity protection that acts like secure boot is quickly becoming the baseline.
Author summary: EU cybersecurity laws require device makers to implement secure boot.