On 23 Jan 2026, at 19:13, Kanchana Welagedara <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Dirk, thanks for sharing. I was wondering whether the CRA considers the
> European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) as one of ASF’s
> stakeholders when it comes to SBOM analysis requirements.

I'd say that they are an agency - with a range of roles defined by statue - and 
while they coordinate; most regulatory action comes from country level 
regulators.

> Since the ATR tooling team follows the CycloneDX format, for SBOM what should 
> be
> considered our source of truth or what is the balance ?

This is by and large going to depend on what the standards do - and how 
normative they are. That is still work in progress - and I am relying/hoping on 
ASF folks to be sufficiently involved to keep the delta small. Depending on the 
outcome - it may either be another format that gives you a defacto presumption 
of conformity or a list of requirements that one needs to meed; and can meet 
with CycloneDX with the right fields present.

So by and large (and somewhat in theory) - it is up to us how much we involve 
ourselves in the run up to this being defined and how much we get 
surprised/confronted at the end. That said - given the low quality/problematic 
and almost complete lack of (our software) industry involvement at CENELEC - 
the bar may be very very low.

With kind regards,

Dw

> On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 10:34 AM Dirk-Willem van Gulik <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>> It's a busy month for policy and open tech, but I would like to
>> encourage you to contribute to the open consultation on ENISA’s draft SBOM
>> Implementation Guide. The consultation seeks practical input to inform
>> guidance on the adoption of structured and scalable SBOM practices.
>>>> 
>>>> The survey is open until 23 January, and contributions from across the
>> open technologies and policy community would be particularly valuable.
>>>> 
>>>> You can participate here:
>> https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/SBOM_Analysis_Implementation_Guide
>>>> 
>>>> They really need your feedback here. The document is messy, it feels
>> like a product of students granted the right to cut and paste from various
>> sources without any experience in the field. I expected a higher level of
>> quality from Enisa.
>>>> 
>>>> We need Enisa to get SBOMs right, the current state and where we are
>> going.
>>>> 
>>>> Please spend some time here.
>> 
>> I completely missed this call for input -- and I am guessing it is too
>> late now - but do jump on it if you have the time, knowledge or energy (or
>> tell me that I am silly - and we've long answered this already).
>> 
>> With kind regards,
>> 
>> Dw
>> 
>> 


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