Smart Agriculture and Cybersecurity: Inside the Cyber Resilience Act

Agriculture is undergoing a rapid digital transformation, with automation, connectivity, and AI reshaping how the world grows food — and raising the stakes for cybersecurity along the way. In this episode, ETAS host Elder Avila sits down with Thiago Pereira, Head of Software Engineering for Smart Agriculture at Bosch in Brazil, to explore how connected machines and software-defined systems are transforming farming, and why cybersecurity has become a business-critical concern rather than a niche IT issue. Thiago shares why Brazil, as one of the world's leading agricultural producers, has become a proving ground for smart agriculture innovation, walking through the automation, connectivity, computer vision, and AI technologies driving productivity gains across the farm. The conversation then turns to the EU's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), where Thiago breaks down its three pillars, security by design, lifecycle vulnerability management, and incident reporting, and explains why compliance matters even for companies operating outside Europe. Whether you are an agricultural technology leader, embedded software engineer, or cybersecurity professional, this episode offers a clear-eyed look at how the industry is balancing rapid innovation with the security demands of an increasingly connected food supply chain. In this episode: 00:00 - Introduction, Welcome 00:32 - Meet the Host and Guest: Smart Agriculture at Bosch Brazil 02:32 - Why Agriculture Is Strategically Vital & Brazil's Global Leadership 07:18 - Defining Smart Agriculture: Automation, Connectivity, AI, and Computer Vision 12:16 - Why Cybersecurity Is Now Business-Critical for Connected Machines 14:06 - Inside the Cyber Resilience Act: Security by Design, Vulnerability Management, and Incident Reporting 20:23 - Balancing Innovation and Security: What's Ahead for the Next 5-10 Years 23:50 - Closing Thoughts and Key Takeaways To learn more about ETAS's cybersecurity and diagnostics solutions for off-highway and commercial vehicles, visit: https://www.etas.com/ww/en/topics/cyb... Thanks for listening! • Email us at: contact.us@etas.com • Learn more about ETAS on our website (https://www.etas.com/en/)   • Follow us on LinkedIn: @ETAS (  / etas  )