Speaking at EuroBSDCon 2026

The night before CRAmas - why EU regulations are a gift to open source EuroBSDCon 2026

Learn what the EU Cyber Resilience Act is and what it means for you. Then, deep dive into SBOMs and discover how to choose the right tools for dependency management. The European Union Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), along with similar international legislation, will come into force during 2026 and 2027. These regulations introduce new legal obligations requiring software to be secure by design and by default, while also imposing strict deadlines for reporting exploited vulnerabilities. This session will explain the obligations introduced by the new legislation and explore how they affect open source developers and companies that market “products with digital elements” (PDEs). While some view these changes as risky or burdensome - particularly for open source developers - this session takes a different perspective, focusing on the opportunities this new legal framework creates. This session combines an overview of the CRA with practical guidance on the tools and processes that can hel