When a vulnerability goes public in a component you ship, the CRA gives you 24 hours to file an early warning and NIS2 gives you 72 to notify. Most manufacturers cannot even confirm exploitability in that window. ELTON can, because the model of your device exists before the incident does.
The digital twin already models your firmware, software, and interfaces. Verification starts at disclosure, not after a scoping call and a signed statement of work.
Vigilance and reporting clocks start when you become aware, not when your vendor has availability. A retainer is the only honest way to promise hours.
CRA early warning at 24 hours. NIS2 notification at 72. MDR vigilance timelines running underneath both. Each expects a position you can stand behind. None of them pause for procurement.
An early warning filed on speculation creates one problem. Silence past the deadline creates another. The only clean path out is a fast, evidenced determination.
Hospitals see the same headline you do, usually within hours. The first day decides whether they get a verified statement or a holding line. Your answer becomes their risk assessment.
The sequence is agreed before anything happens. When a disclosure lands, nobody negotiates scope. Three checkpoints, agreed in writing before day one.
ELTON attacks the disclosed vulnerability against your device model, and on the physical unit over TestLink™ where it matters. You know whether it is exploitable, with evidence attached.
An early warning you can file: exploitable or not, affected releases, interim measures in place. Scoped to what the CRA actually asks for at this stage. If it is not exploitable, that determination is worth filing too.
A complete, defensible report: verification evidence, affected versions, root cause, remediation plan, and the VEX update your customers are waiting on.
Retainer customers do not start with discovery calls. The twin is current, the contacts are named, and the report format is agreed. Hour zero is for verification, not paperwork. That is the entire point of paying for readiness.
The retainer keeps the twin current with every release you ship, names the contacts on both sides, and agrees the report format with your regulatory team in advance. TestLink™ hardware can sit connected in your lab for on-demand runs.
You send the advisory or we catch it in the feed, whichever comes first. Verification starts immediately against the twin, then on the physical device when the finding demands it. Your team spends the window deciding, not investigating.
Put ELTON on retainer and the next disclosure starts a workflow, not a scramble: verified in 4 hours, determined in 24, reported in 72.