Glossary
Defined terms and concepts from the EU Cyber Resilience Act and related guidance.
P
- Product with digital elements (PDE)
- Any software or hardware product, and its remote data processing solutions, whose intended or reasonably foreseeable use includes a direct or indirect logical or physical data connection to a device or network. The CRA applies to PDEs unless a sectoral carve-out applies (medical devices, motor vehicles, aviation, marine, etc.).
R
- Remote data processing solution (RDPS)
- A remote service that is necessary for a product with digital elements to perform any of its functions. An RDPS is part of the PDE and therefore subject to the same CRA obligations as the product itself. The three-part test (at-a-distance, functional dependency, manufacturer responsibility) determines whether a remote service qualifies.