Digital Operational
Resilience Act (DORA)

The EU's landmark ICT risk regulation for financial services, in force since January 2025. Mandatory for banks, insurers, investment firms, and their critical ICT third-party providers in the EU.

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What We Do

End-to-End DORA Compliance Programme

DORA consolidates ICT risk management obligations for EU financial entities into a single binding framework covering five pillars. Scyverge provides a named compliance lead who manages your DORA programme end-to-end, from gap assessment through ICT risk framework implementation, incident classification, third-party register, and TLPT preparation, aligned with the ESAs' Regulatory Technical Standards.

DORA Gap Assessment

Gap analysis against all five DORA pillars and ESAs' RTS/ITS per Articles 5-16, identifying non-conformities and proportionality provisions.

ICT Risk Management Framework

Design ICT risk framework per Chapter II Articles 5-16: asset inventory, risk identification, protection, detection, and response/recovery plans.

ICT Incident Reporting

Incident classification per Article 20 with major incident thresholds: 4-hour initial report, 72-hour intermediate, and final report templates.

Proportionality Analysis

Determine entity classification and proportionality per Article 16, identifying requirements by size, business model, and systemic importance.

Critical ICT Provider Identification

Identify and classify ICT TPPs per Chapter V Articles 28-30, determining Critical TPPs subject to direct EU oversight.

Compliance Roadmap Design

Prioritised roadmap across all five pillars aligned with supervisory authority timeline and proportionality classification.

Digital Operational Resilience Testing

Annual resilience testing per Chapter IV Articles 24-27; for significant entities, TLPT preparation with threat scenarios and authority coordination.

ICT Third-Party Risk Management

End-to-end TPRM per Chapter V Articles 28-30: provider register, contractual review, concentration risk, exit strategies, and CTPP oversight.

Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing

Establish voluntary threat intel sharing per Chapter VI Article 31, integrating shared intelligence into your ICT risk process.

Incident Classification Framework

Implement DORA's incident taxonomy per Article 20 with severity levels and reporting triggers covering CIA impact criteria per ESAs' ITS.

TPRM Register and Contracts

Build mandatory ICT provider register per Article 30 and review contracts for audit rights, exit strategies, and concentration risk per RTS.

TLPT Preparation

Prepare for TLPT per Articles 26-27: scope definition, threat-intel scenarios, red team coordination, and authority notification for significant entities.

Annual Resilience Testing

Ongoing annual testing per Articles 24-27 including vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and TLPT cycles for significant entities.

Continuous Compliance Monitoring

Periodic review of ICT risk controls, incident reporting readiness, and TPRM posture to maintain compliance across all five pillars.

Incident Reporting Readiness

Maintain incident classification per Article 20, 4-hour initial templates, 72-hour intermediate procedures, and final report documentation.

TPRM Oversight

Ongoing ICT provider oversight per Articles 28-30: maintain register, review contractual compliance, monitor concentration risk, update exit strategies.

ESA Technical Standards Tracking

Track evolving ESA RTS/ITS, assess impact on your programme, and implement updates within regulatory timelines.

Information Sharing Arrangements

Maintain and expand voluntary threat intel sharing per Article 31, integrating shared intelligence into ICT risk and incident detection.

Who Needs DORA Compliance

Does DORA Apply to Your Organisation?

Banks and Credit Institutions

All EU-licensed credit institutions, payment institutions, e-money institutions, and investment firms are directly in scope. DORA replaces and consolidates fragmented national ICT risk requirements under a single EU regime.

Insurance and Capital Markets

Insurers, reinsurers, insurance intermediaries, UCITS management companies, AIFMs, crypto-asset service providers (CASPs), and central counterparties are all within DORA's mandatory scope.

ICT Third-Party Providers

Cloud service providers, data analytics firms, and other critical ICT TPPs serving EU financial entities are subject to direct oversight by EU supervisory authorities. CTPPs face mandatory oversight requirements under DORA Chapter V.

Methodology

How We Build Your DORA Compliance Programme

A structured six-phase process from initial gap assessment through to ongoing compliance monitoring and ESA technical standards tracking.

Phase 01
DORA Gap Assessment and Classification

Structured assessment across all five DORA pillars with entity classification, proportionality analysis, and a prioritised compliance roadmap aligned with your supervisory authority's examination timeline.

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Phase 02
ICT Risk Management Framework

Design and implement your ICT risk management framework including asset inventory, risk register, protection controls, and incident detection capabilities aligned to DORA Chapter II and the ESAs' RTS.

Phase 03
Incident Classification and Reporting

Implement DORA's incident classification taxonomy with severity levels, major incident thresholds, and reporting templates covering 4-hour initial, 72-hour intermediate, and final report procedures.

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Phase 04
Resilience Testing and TLPT

Establish annual resilience testing programme and, for significant entities, prepare for Threat-Led Penetration Testing including scope definition, threat scenarios, and authority coordination per DORA Chapter IV.

Phase 05
ICT Third-Party Risk Management

Build the ICT third-party provider register, review contractual arrangements for DORA compliance, assess concentration risk, develop exit strategies, and prepare for CTPP oversight under DORA Chapter V.

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Phase 06
Ongoing Compliance and Monitoring

Continuous compliance monitoring, annual reviews, incident reporting readiness, TPRM oversight, and ESA technical standards tracking as Regulatory Technical Standards evolve.

FAQ

Questions We Get Asked Often

DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) is EU legislation requiring financial entities to ensure ICT risk management, incident reporting, operational resilience testing, third-party risk management, and information sharing, effective January 2025.

DORA applies to over 22,000 EU financial entities including banks, insurance companies, investment firms, payment institutions, and crypto-asset service providers, as well as their critical ICT third-party service providers.

Key requirements include ICT risk management framework, incident classification and reporting, threat-led penetration testing (TLPT), ICT third-party risk management, and information sharing arrangements.

National competent authorities can impose fines, restrict business activities, and require remediation plans. ESA technical standards are directly applicable, and non-compliance may affect EU operating licences for financial entities.

Financial entities with mature ICT risk management typically need 3 to 6 months. Organisations requiring new frameworks, TPRM registers, or TLPT programmes may need 9 to 12 months before the January 2025 deadline.
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