CRA for legal teams
Your legal team signs off on the CRA. Someone has to build what they sign.
How Comply.Land works with in-house counsel on Cyber Resilience Act compliance.
We produce the technical evidence with your engineers and hand your legal team a file they can check and stand behind.
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The Cyber Resilience Act reads like law, but most of what it demands is engineering: risk assessments, SBOMs, vulnerability handling and a technical file for every product.
Your legal department interprets the Regulation, shapes your contracts and reviews what you declare. It cannot produce the evidence itself. We do, and we hand it to your legal team in a form they can check and stand behind.
Three roles, one outcome
Your legal department
Interprets and signs off. Confirms your role under the CRA, drafts supplier and customer terms, reviews the Declaration of Conformity and deals with regulators.
What legal cannot do
Build the evidence. Assess cybersecurity risk in your product, maintain an SBOM, run 24 hour vulnerability reporting or write the Annex VII technical file.
Comply.Land
Builds what legal reviews. We produce the technical evidence with your engineers and hand counsel a file they can check, in-house or at an external firm.
Who leads each CRA workstream
The Regulation touches legal and engineering at every step. This is how the work is usually split.
| CRA workstream | Legal | Comply.Land | What legal needs to see |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your role under the CRA | Leads | Supports | Engineering facts about what you actually ship |
| Product classification | Supports | Leads | A class grounded in the product's real functions |
| Cybersecurity risk assessment | Reviews | Leads | A documented assessment it can review and accept |
| Essential requirements, Annex I | Reviews | Leads | Evidence per requirement, not a policy statement |
| SBOM and vulnerability handling | Reviews | Leads | A live SBOM and a working disclosure process |
| 24h, 72h and 14 day reports | Supports | Leads | Accurate facts in time to advise on what is reported |
| Technical file, Annex VII | Reviews | Leads | A complete file to check before sign off |
| Declaration of Conformity | Reviews | Leads | Knows exactly what the signature states |
| EU Authorised Representative | Supports | Leads | A mandate that matches your actual obligations |
| Supplier and customer contracts | Leads | Supports | Real SBOM, support and patch terms to write in |
| Enforcement and product liability | Leads | Supports | A retained, dated conformity record to defend |
Leads: owns the deliverable. Supports: contributes input. Reviews: checks the result, cannot produce it.
A legal opinion is not evidence
When a market surveillance authority checks your product, it asks for the technical documentation, the risk assessment and proof that vulnerabilities are being handled. A memo interpreting the CRA answers none of them.
Neither does an insurance policy. Cover pays for losses after the fact. It cannot file a 24 hour early warning or put a withdrawn product back on the market.
No one should sign blindly
The Declaration of Conformity is signed on behalf of the manufacturer, often by the head of legal or the CEO. The signature states a technical fact: the product meets Annex I. Your counsel confirms you may make that statement. We make sure it is true.
Before anyone signs, send us the file. Our experts return a pass or fail determination within 2 working days, free of charge.
Key CRA dates
- 11 Jun 2026Notified body framework applies
- 11 Sep 2026Vulnerability and incident reporting applies
- 11 Dec 2027Full application, non-compliant products lose market access
Questions to ask your legal team
- Who in our company can produce the risk assessment the CRA requires?
- If a vulnerability were exploited tomorrow, who would file the 24 hour early warning, and with what facts?
- What evidence will you rely on when the Declaration of Conformity is signed?
- Does our insurance still pay if the loss comes from non-compliance?
How to get started
- Step 01
Free document review
Send us your existing gap analysis or technical documentation for a pass or fail within 2 working days.
- Step 02
Scoping call
Bring your legal team, so legal and technical work are planned together from the start.
- Step 03
Evidence plan
A clear list of what we build, what your engineers provide and what counsel reviews.
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ETSI TC CYBER rapporteurs on the CRA vertical standards.
Consultancy, training, evidence tooling and EU Authorised Representation under one roof.
Fleet: signed SBOMs and vulnerability evidence on your own infrastructure.
EU office in Malta, an English-speaking member state.
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Where legal teams usually go next.
- CRA consultancy, for product classification, risk assessment and the technical file
- Fleet, for signed SBOMs and vulnerability evidence on your own infrastructure
- The EU Authorised Representative service
Frequently asked questions for legal teams
Does Comply.Land replace our legal counsel?
No. Your legal department, or an external law firm, interprets the Regulation, drafts your contracts and signs off. We build the technical evidence they review: the risk assessment, the SBOM and vulnerability handling, and the technical file.
What does legal need to see before the Declaration of Conformity is signed?
A complete technical file to check, with evidence for each requirement rather than a policy statement, so the signatory knows exactly what the signature states.
Can you review the documents we already have?
Yes. Send us your existing gap analysis or technical documentation. Our experts return a pass or fail determination within 2 working days, free of charge.
Who files the 24 hour early warning if a vulnerability is exploited?
The manufacturer is responsible for reporting. From 11 September 2026, actively exploited vulnerabilities must be reported within 24 hours. That needs accurate technical facts quickly, which is why we build the vulnerability handling process and the evidence behind it with your engineers, so legal can advise on what is reported.
Does our insurance cover non-compliance?
Cover pays for losses after the fact. It cannot file a 24 hour early warning or put a withdrawn product back on the market. Check the terms of your own policy with your insurer and broker.
Can we bring external counsel to the scoping call?
Yes. Bring your legal team, in-house or at an external firm, so legal and technical work are planned together from the start.
Planning your CRA sign-off?
Tell us about your products and bring your legal team. We will agree what we build, what your engineers provide and what counsel reviews.