The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a piece of legislation designed to significantly enhance the cybersecurity of hardware and software products with digital elements placed on the European Union market. It’s the first regulation of its kind globally to impose such comprehensive cybersecurity requirements across the entire product lifecycle. The CRA came into force …
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Embedded Recipes 2025
Embedded Recipes is a conference held in Nice, France which focuses on open-source embedded systems. It’s organisers accurately describe the conference as “talks, workshops, discussions, food, friends and the beach”. The Good Penguin attended (and sponsored) the event and in this blog post we’ll share our highlights. The CRA and what it means for us …
ETSI EN 303 645: Cyber Security for Consumer Internet of Things
We increasingly rely on internet connected devices in our day-to-day lives, with consumer devices that include door bell cameras, thermostats, children’s toys and home assistants. However the cyber security of these devices doesn’t always live up to the trust we place in them to reliability perform their function and protect our personal data. It’s often …
Linaro Connect 2024: Madrid
This year’s Linaro Connect event took place in Spain’s capital, the city of Madrid in May and several members of The Good Penguin attended the event for the conference aspects of the gathering. This event was different than your usual open source conference as Linaro Connect is also a vessel for Linaro employee’s to have …
Handling Security Vulnerabilities in Yocto Scarthgap
The latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of Yocto was released last month with the code name “Scarthgap” – presumably named after a mountain pass in the Lake District national park. It promises 4 years of support, meaning regular point releases with security and bug fixes. In the context of increasing regulatory requirements for cyber …