{"id":1026,"date":"2026-07-23T19:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:12:11","slug":"enisas-new-cra-maturity-model-is-a-practical-roadmap-for-sme-cyber-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/2026\/07\/23\/enisas-new-cra-maturity-model-is-a-practical-roadmap-for-sme-cyber-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"ENISA&#8217;s new CRA Maturity Model is a practical roadmap for SME Cyber Resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"p-rc_34330a4d3745dc2c-143\">The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released a practical Cyber Resilience Maturity Assessment Model to help SMEs prepare for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) before it becomes fully applicable in December 2027.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_34330a4d3745dc2c-144\">The model focuses on five key domains: governance, secure-by-design risk management, vulnerability &amp; patch management, product lifecycle management, and cybersecurity skills.<sup><\/sup> It enables organisations to perform a structured self-assessment using 25 maturity questions, scoring from Level 1 (ad hoc) to Level 5 (continuously improved).<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_34330a4d3745dc2c-145\">Companies are classified into Basic, Intermediate or Advanced maturity profiles, providing a clear view of strengths and improvement areas.<sup><\/sup> The framework emphasizes Security by Design, SBOMs, vulnerability handling, secure default configurations, and continuous product support throughout the lifecycle.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_34330a4d3745dc2c-146\">Rather than acting as a compliance certificate, the model helps organisations build repeatable and measurable security practices aligned with CRA expectations.<sup><\/sup> ENISA also provides practical improvement checklists, enabling SMEs to prioritize quick wins and develop long-term cyber resilience roadmaps.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"p-rc_34330a4d3745dc2c-147\">As the Cyber Resilience Act approaches, this maturity model is an excellent starting point for software and hardware manufacturers to assess their readiness and identify gaps before regulatory deadlines arrive.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/nis2.management\/wp-content\/uploads\/ENISA-has-new-CRA-Maturity-Model.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of ENISA has new CRA Maturity Model.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-76c4e56d-a592-43c5-b36a-63d3c675cacb\" href=\"https:\/\/nis2.management\/wp-content\/uploads\/ENISA-has-new-CRA-Maturity-Model.pdf\">ENISA has new CRA Maturity Model<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nis2.management\/wp-content\/uploads\/ENISA-has-new-CRA-Maturity-Model.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-76c4e56d-a592-43c5-b36a-63d3c675cacb\">Download<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has released a practical Cyber Resilience Maturity Assessment Model to help SMEs prepare for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) before it becomes fully<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/2026\/07\/23\/enisas-new-cra-maturity-model-is-a-practical-roadmap-for-sme-cyber-resilience\/\" class=\"av-btn av-btn-secondary av-btn-bubble\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ENISA&#8217;s new CRA Maturity Model is a practical roadmap for SME Cyber Resilience<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-arrow-right\"><\/i><span class=\"bubble_effect\"><span class=\"circle top-left\"><\/span><span class=\"circle top-left\"><\/span><span class=\"circle top-left\"><\/span><span class=\"button effect-button\"><\/span><span class=\"circle bottom-right\"><\/span><span class=\"circle bottom-right\"><\/span><span class=\"circle bottom-right\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[132,135,65,137,138,139,140],"class_list":["post-1026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-risico","tag-cra","tag-cyberresilienceact","tag-cybersecurity","tag-enisa","tag-sbom","tag-securebydesign","tag-vulnerabilitymanagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029,"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026\/revisions\/1029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nis2.management\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}