Electronica 2026 highlights EU Cyber Resilience Act for electronic components

The Electronica 2026 trade fair, running from 10‑13 November in Munich, will showcase technologies aimed at building cyber‑resilient electronic systems for vehicles, machines and energy infrastructure. Organisers stress that security must be embedded in design, covering interfaces, updates and software‑defined functions, to meet growing demands from customers, regulators and operators.

The European Union’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) now obliges manufacturers to ensure that electronic products with digital elements remain secure throughout their lifetime and that vulnerabilities are addressed over the full product life‑cycle. Studies show only about 15 % of German firms invest proactively in such measures, with most spending occurring after incidents. Industry players are responding with “security‑by‑design” approaches, including hardware root of trust, secure boot and trusted platform modules.

Electronica will bring together the full electronics value chain, providing a platform for demonstrating these security architectures and for discussing the regulatory landscape as the sector adapts to new EU requirements.