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Do (Not) Tell Me About My Insecurities: Assessing the Status Quo of Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure in Germany Amid New EU Cybersecurity Regulations

Empirical assessment of coordinated vulnerability disclosure adoption across Germany reveals significant gaps in security.txt deployment, just as CRA and NIS2 are set to mandate such practices for many organisations.

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Filed by arXiv Crypto & Security25 June 20261 min readRead at source ↗

arXiv:2606.25950v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In our increasingly interconnected world, good IT security practices are necessary to prevent vulnerabilities and data breaches. Providing security contacts, e.g., via Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) programs or security.txt files, is an important practice for businesses to facilitate vulnerability reporting by external parties. As part of a longitudinal study, we analyzed the adoption of, as well as the challenges and experiences with,

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Why it matters

The Cyber Resilience Act will require manufacturers to establish CVD processes; this baseline measurement exposes how far German industry still needs to travel to meet incoming obligations.

What to do

Verify that your organisation publishes a security.txt file and has a documented CVD process — both will become regulatory expectations under the CRA.

Board brief

German CVD readiness lags behind what CRA and NIS2 will soon require, creating a concrete compliance gap for affected organisations.

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