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Glossary term

Near miss

What does "Near miss" mean under the Cyber Resilience Act?

A near miss as defined in Article 6, point (5), of Directive (EU) 2022/2555:

an event that could have compromised the availability, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of stored, transmitted or processed data or of the services offered by, or accessible via, network and information systems, but that was successfully prevented from materialising or that did not materialise

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Last updated: 22 August 2026.