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EU Cyber Resilience Act · Article 14

When the clock starts,
you have hours.

An actively-exploited vulnerability or a severe incident starts a fixed, unforgiving reporting clock — 24 hours to an early warning, 72 hours to notification. 24·72 makes the call that starts it, runs every deadline, and drafts each report. Built for OT/ICS manufacturers.

Applies 11 September 2026 · filed once via the CRA Single Reporting Platform → CSIRT-coordinator + ENISA
Never dealt with the CRA before?

Start with the walkthrough, not the clock.

A plain-English tour written for someone who has never read a word of the regulation: what the CRA is, whether it applies to you, what Article 14 actually demands, and the one judgment call almost everyone gets wrong. It comes with a worked example — a German gateway manufacturer on the afternoon two customers call — that you can click through end to end. Then swap in your own product.

Two triggers, one platform

Both tracks run the same escalation — only the final deadline differs.

Track A · Art 14(1)(a)

Actively exploited vulnerability

24hearly warning
72hnotification
14dfinal report

Final report due 14 days after a corrective or mitigating measure is available.

Track B · Art 14(1)(b)

Severe incident

24hearly warning
72hnotification
1mofinal report

Final report due 1 month after the 72-hour notification.

The judgment layer

Knowing what does not start the clock.

The call OT manufacturers get wrong: a vulnerability you discover and patch is ordinary vulnerability handling — not an Article 14 report. The clock starts only on active exploitation, or a severe incident impacting the product. 24·72 walks that distinction explicitly, and logs the decision either way.

Is the vulnerability being actively exploited?
Yes → reportableArticle 14 clock starts at awareness. 24h / 72h / 14d.
No → handleAnnex I Part II vulnerability handling. No 24h clock — re-triage if exploited.
Managed filing

File on the manufacturer's behalf — with a human gate.

Under a signed Article 14 mandate, 24·72 assembles each report and submits it through the Single Reporting Platform on your behalf. Not autopilot: nothing is transmitted until your reporting owner signs off, and the manufacturer remains the responsible party under Article 14.

1

Signed mandate. A standing authorisation to assemble and submit Article 14 reports.

2

Human sign-off gate. Your reporting owner approves every submission — it cannot be skipped.

3

Filed once. One submission reaches the CSIRT-coordinator and ENISA. You hold the receipt.

Penalty for failing to report — Art 64

Missing the clock is enforceable.

Reporting obligations carry administrative fines. The deadlines run from awareness — not from triage, not from a fix.

€15M / 2.5%

Start the clock before it starts you.

A live workbench: triage the trigger, run the 24h / 72h / final deadlines, draft every report, and keep the auditable submission log.

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