Free white paper explains how to meet the cyber resilience requirements of the new Machinery Regulation

The Machinery Regulation supersedes the Machinery Directive 2026/42/EC on 20th January 2027, which leaves very little time to prepare, so the white paper is essential reading for businesses placing machinery on the market in the EU. For UK machine builders serving the home market, the advice in the white paper is equally valid, considering the current and growing threat from cyber attacks in the manufacturing sector and on machinery in particular.

New Essential Health and Safety Requirements (EHSRs) in the Machinery Regulation are explicit about the need to protect against accidental or malicious corruption that could lead to a hazardous situation. If machine builders simply incorporate components that are, themselves, in conformity, that is insufficient to demonstrate that the complete machine is in conformity with the cyber resilience requirements.

Furthermore, the standard for machine safety risk assessment and risk reduction, ISO 12100, does not provide detailed specifications on how to address IT-security aspects that could influence the safety of machinery. Therefore, machine builders cannot rely on ISO 12100 for demonstrating conformity with the relevant EHSRs.

Fortunately, a new standard is soon to be published and harmonised to the Machinery Regulation. Currently available as a draft, prEN 50742 'Safety of machinery - Protection against corruption' provides a means of calculating Safety Related Security Levels (SRSLs). Having established the SRSLs, the machine builder can take appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.

Verificare's new white paper explains, step by step, how machine builders and integrators can use prEN 50742 to demonstrate conformity with the cyber-related EHSRs in the Machinery Regulation.

Without demonstrating conformity, a machine builder cannot CE mark machinery to the Machinery Regulation or place it on the market in the EU after 20th January 2027.

Downloading the free white paper from Verificare is a simple first step to conformity.