Why "secure by design" is the new standard for open source

Open source software faces significant regulatory shifts, making “secure by design” development practices increasingly important. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) takes effect on December 11, 2027, and as of September 11, 2026, the first CRA vulnerability and incident reporting obligations were live. These new cybersecurity regulations impact all companies that sell software or hardware to the European market and will have a huge impact on open source as a whole.The readiness gap and the cost of inactionDespite the looming deadline, the software industry remains unprepared.