An Agentic RAG and Evaluation Framework for Assurance Case Generation: Industrial Use Case for the EU Cyber Resilience Act Compliance

📅 2026-08-19
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本文针对中小企业遵守欧盟网络安全韧性法案的挑战,提出了一种基于代理增强生成和自然语言推理评估框架自动生成合规性案例的方法,以减少手动工作并保持决策透明。
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Complying with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a resource-intensive challenge for SMEs due to the complexity of cybersecurity conformity assessment. Yet, it is essential for demonstrating regulatory compliance and ensuring product security and resilience. To address this, we introduce an automated framework for generating Assurance Cases (ACs) using an agentic Retrieval-Augmented Generation grounded in a formal Claim-Argument-Evidence logic. By systematically mapping technical documentation requirements, the framework streamlines the generation of certification evidence. We validate our approach on a case study of Catalink's PATROLIoT wildfire monitoring system, where the agentic RAG generated 70 ACs with high grounding density (~4.4 artefacts per AC). The proposed Natural Language Inference (NLI) evaluator achieves 0.88 accuracy, which provides robust evidence grounding and traceability, while expert-validated plausibility (3.06) supports interpretable justifications. For practitioners, this work provides a scalable, interpretable approach for automating mandatory CRA conformity assessments, reducing manual effort while maintaining transparent decision support.
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EU Cyber Resilience Act
SMEs
cybersecurity conformity assessment
regulatory compliance
product security and resilience
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agentic RAG
Assurance Cases (ACs)
Natural Language Inference (NLI) evaluator
EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
Claim-Argument-Evidence logic
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