Governments must approach IT procurement differently: with less focus on standard software and more on open standards and open source. Large-scale standard solutions often lead to overcapacity, high licensing costs, and strong vendor dependency. Open standards improve interoperability and flexibility, while open source enables greater control over software and further development. Strategic autonomy requires professional […]
The European Commission has published official guidelines for the application of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), helping manufacturers, suppliers, and open-source projects better understand how the law should be applied in practice. The guidance clarifies when software, hardware, and combinations thereof fall under the CRA and when software is considered to be “placed on the […]