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Certified risk assessment: physical vulnerability audits as a gateway to the Sovereignty Seal
What is the central argument of “Certified risk assessment”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-02-07
The strategic landscape of European industrial defense in 2026 has introduced a mandatory convergence between regulatory compliance and financial eligibility, placing certified risk assessments at the center of the sovereign ecosystem.
Under the framework of Directive (EU) 2022/2557 (CER) and Regulation (EU) 2025/1106 (SAFE), the production of a granular physical vulnerability audit has transitioned from a best practice to a binding precondition for high-tier institutional support.
This analysis answers: What is the central argument of “Certified risk assessment”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets? What does this mean for European defence funding, procurement and investment decisions? How mature and defensible is the position described in “Certified risk assessment”? Which European actors, programmes and funding instruments are most exposed?
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