Become an expert
How to be listed as an expert on CRA Updates: what we look for, what the badge means, and how to put yourself or a colleague forward.
What the badge is — and is not
An expert badge on CRA Updates is an editorial judgement by this community about who has been useful on the board. It is not a qualification, not a certification, and carries no standing of any kind under Regulation (EU) 2024/2847. Official text on EUR-Lex.
There are two tiers. Expert marks a member whose answers the moderators have found consistently sound. Verified expert additionally means we have confirmed their role and organisation directly with them. Both can be withdrawn, and neither is bought.
What we look for
You work on this, not around it
Compliance owners, product security engineers, notified-body assessors, standards participants and consultants who implement Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 rather than comment on it.
You have answered questions here
The badge records contribution, so it follows answers on the board rather than preceding them. A handful of substantive answers is the usual starting point.
You answer with reasoning, not conclusions
Good answers cite the article or recital they rest on, distinguish what the text requires from what is still guidance, and say plainly when something is unsettled.
You post under your own name and organisation
Every byline names both. Readers weigh an answer partly on who wrote it, which only works if that is visible.
Put someone forward
Yourself or a colleague — either is welcome, and nominating someone else is often the better signal. Moderators read every nomination and nothing you send here is published.
Not answered anything yet? That is the place to start — the board has open questions, and the community guidelines describe what a good answer looks like.