EU Radio Equipment Directive

The RED makes wireless a cybersecurity requirement.

Since 1 August 2025, any device with a radio (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular) on the EU market has to meet the RED cybersecurity essential requirements. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 activated Article 3.3(d), (e), (f); EN 18031 defines how you prove it. ELTON runs the discovery, proves exploitability, produces the evidence.

The regulation

What the RED requires of radio equipment.

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 switched on three cybersecurity essential requirements in RED Article 3.3. They apply to internet-connected radio equipment, which is nearly every modern connected medical device, and became mandatory on 1 August 2025.

Article 3.3(d)

Network protection

The device must not harm the network or misuse its resources. No amplification, no degradation, no becoming a foothold that spreads onto hospital infrastructure.

Article 3.3(e)

Personal data and privacy

Safeguards for the personal data of the user and the subscriber. For a medical device, that is patient data, in transit and at rest, across every wireless interface.

Article 3.3(f)

Protection from fraud

Controls against unauthorized use and the manipulation of value or authorization. Access, identity, and integrity have to hold up over the air.

The ELTON mapping

Essential requirements, mapped to EN 18031 and evidenced.

Conformity runs through the harmonized standards EN 18031-1, -2, and -3, one per essential requirement. ELTON tests against them the way an attacker would, then hands you the proof, whether you self-assess or go through a notified body.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTHARMONIZED STANDARDELTON · PRESUMPTION OF CONFORMITY3.3(d)Network protectionDoes not harm the network or misuse its resourcesEN 18031-13.3(e)Personal data & privacySafeguards user and patient dataEN 18031-23.3(f)Fraud protectionGuards value and monetary transfersEN 18031-3ELTON conformity evidenceContinuous AI discovery across the radio stackExploitability proven on the real deviceVEX status and reasoning for every findingTest cases and artifacts mapped to EN 18031CONFORMITY ROUTESelf-assessmentVia harmonized standards,evidence ready to fileNotified bodySame evidence package,handed to the assessor
Why it matters

Wireless is the attack surface regulators now name.

The old way

Assert it in a declaration

A self-declaration of conformity with no evidence behind the wireless claims is exactly what post-market surveillance and market-check authorities are now authorized to challenge.

With ELTON

Evidence it on the device

Every wireless interface is discovered, tested, and either proven exploitable or dismissed with reasoning. The EN 18031 mapping and the artifacts sit ready in one record, for the file and for any challenge.

Get conformant

Prove your radio equipment, do not just declare it.

Start with one wireless device. We build the twin, run discovery across the radio stack, and map the findings to EN 18031 so your RED file carries proof, not promises.

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