Recital 9 Consider a wide scope of products

Under certain conditions, all products with digital elements means a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; integrated in or connected to a larger electronic information system means a system, including electrical or electronic equipment, capable of processing, storing or transmitting digital data; can serve as an attack vector for malicious actors. As a result, even hardware means a physical electronic information system, or parts thereof capable of processing, storing or transmitting digital data; and software means the part of an electronic information system which consists of computer code; considered to be less critical can facilitate the initial compromise of a device or network, enabling malicious actors to gain privileged access to a system or to move laterally across systems. Manufacturers means a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should therefore ensure that all products with digital elements means a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; are designed and developed in accordance with the essential cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; requirements laid down in this Regulation. That obligation relates to both products that can be connected physically via hardware means a physical electronic information system, or parts thereof capable of processing, storing or transmitting digital data; interfaces and products that are connected logically, such as via network sockets, pipes, files, application programming interfaces or any other types of software means the part of an electronic information system which consists of computer code; interface. As cyber threats means a cyber threat as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; can propagate through various products with digital elements means a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; before reaching a certain target, for example by chaining together multiple vulnerability means a weakness, susceptibility or flaw of a product with digital elements that can be exploited by a cyber threat; exploits, manufacturers means a natural or legal person who develops or manufactures products with digital elements or has products with digital elements designed, developed or manufactured, and markets them under its name or trademark, whether for payment, monetisation or free of charge; should also ensure the cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; of products with digital elements means a software or hardware product and its remote data processing solutions, including software or hardware components being placed on the market separately; that are only indirectly connected to other devices or networks.