Cengiz Özemli
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## Mitsubishi Electric's Resilience Management Ensures CE Compliance
Mitsubishi Electric is fully integrating the requirements of the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act (Regulation 2024/2847) into its development, operation, and support processes.
Published on November 20, 2024, the regulation covers critical cybersecurity requirements for networked production facilities. Reporting of attacks will become mandatory from September 11, 2026, and all requirements will be fully implemented by December 11, 2027. These developments make cybersecurity a central element of CE compliance.
### Mitsubishi Electric's Approach to Cyber Resilience
In production facilities, controllers, HMIs, and network technologies must be designed to meet high performance, traceability, and cyber resilience standards. Mitsubishi Electric has integrated the requirements of the CRA (Cyber Resilience Act) into its processes. The Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) manages vulnerabilities and publishes proposed solutions. As a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), the company transparently identifies and communicates vulnerabilities.
Firmware updates are signed, and access controls are role-based, grounded in international standards like IEC 62443-4-2 to protect operations and ensure compliance.
### Technical Measures
- The new GOT3000 series HMIs use signed firmware updates, restrictive default settings, and role-based user management.
- MELSEC MX-F and MX-F platforms ensure resilience against cyberattacks with separate engineering and operation networks, encrypted remote access, and clearly defined update processes.
- Documents such as the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), documented patching processes, log export, and notification of support periods are among the typical evidence.
- For drives, robots, and engineering software, secure communication paths, documented lifecycle support periods, and known CVE disclosures are also implemented.
### Current Threat Landscape and Regulatory Pressure
According to the Dragos Report, ransomware attacks on industrial organizations increased by more than 87% in 2024 compared to 2023. Germany, with its NIS-2 Implementation Act, will subject 29,000 companies to comprehensive security and reporting obligations starting from the end of 2025. This situation increases the importance of compliance in the industrial supply chain.
### Increased Trust in Industrial Systems
The CRA strengthens transparency and trust in automation solutions. Mitsubishi Electric offers secure firmware updates, access controls, and monitoring concepts. It also provides checklists and security alerts that simplify the auditing process. Practices such as weekly patch windows demonstrate operational benefits.
Author: Stefan Knauf, Head of Industrial Automation, Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V.
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