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title: "Knowledge: CRA, virtual PLCs and AI — logiccloud"
description: "Articles for machine and equipment builders: Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2, software updates in the field, virtual PLCs and AI agents in automation."
url: https://logiccloud.com/en/knowledge/
language: en-GB
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Knowledge

# Articles for machine building and automation.

Cyber Resilience Act, virtual PLCs and AI in automation — explained for the people who have to put it into practice.

## The topics

- ### Cyber Resilience Act

  Deadlines, reporting duties and what they mean for delivered machines.

  [CRA knowledge center](https://logiccloud.com/en/cra/)

- ### Software updates in the field

  How updates reach delivered machines — in stages and with evidence.

  [Go to the topic](https://logiccloud.com/en/solutions/field-software-updates/)

- ### Virtual PLC

  What a virtual PLC is, what it is good for and who owns the software.

  [Read the article](https://logiccloud.com/en/virtual-plc-who-owns-the-software/)

- ### AI in automation

  How AI agents write, build and roll out control software.

  [Go to the topic](https://logiccloud.com/en/products/ai-agents/)

## All articles

- Knowledge · 14 September 2026

  ### [CRA reporting duty: 24 hours, from the moment you know](https://logiccloud.com/en/cra-reporting-duty-24-hours-from-awareness/)

  Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act has applied since 11 September 2026 — including to machines already in the field. Which deadlines run, and what you need to answer them.

- Knowledge · 12 September 2026

  ### [Margo before its first release: what machine builders gain](https://logiccloud.com/en/margo-before-the-first-release/)

  Preview Release 2 is out and the first general release is planned for 2026. What the open edge standard changes in practice — and what you can do today.

- Knowledge · 12 September 2026

  ### [NIS2 missed? What machine builders have to catch up on](https://logiccloud.com/en/nis2-missed-what-machine-builders-must-catch-up-on/)

  BSI registration was due on 6 March, the extension on 31 July. Both are gone — the obligation is not. What to do now, in the order that actually works.

- Knowledge · 12 September 2026

  ### [Siemens is virtualising the PLC too. Who owns the software?](https://logiccloud.com/en/virtual-plc-who-owns-the-software/)

  Siemens put the S7-1500V centre stage at Hannover Messe 2026. The virtual PLC is settled. The follow-up question is not: hardware-free is not vendor-free.

- Knowledge · 13 February 2026

  ### [From manual labor to AI co-creation: Why we no longer have to program the PLC like it’s 1995](https://logiccloud.com/en/from-manual-labor-to-ai-co-creation-why-we-no-longer-have-to-program-the-plc-like-its-1995/)

  Bernhard Böhrer on PLC development beyond 1995: the controller becomes an app — and a validating AI workflow produces code checked against the IEC standards.

- Knowledge · 20 October 2025

  ### [Automation rethought: app instead of PLC + HMI](https://logiccloud.com/en/automation-rethought-app-instead-of-plc-hmi/)

  Instead of engineering PLC and HMI separately: control logic, visualization, testing and deployment become one automation app — in the browser, in IEC 61131.

## Rather see it on your own case?

In the demo we show you what it all looks like on your own machines.

[Request a demo](https://logiccloud.com/en/demo/) [Get the CRA checklist](https://logiccloud.com/en/cra/checklist/)