Understanding DORA: A guide for compliance and risk leaders

If a supervisory review started today, would your DORA programme hold up?

Reviews are already underway. DORA is more detailed and prescriptive than many organisations anticipated: It covers what each element must contain, how the management body must govern it and what evidence competent authorities expect to see. Understanding the standard is the starting point for building a programme that holds up.

This whitepaper breaks down all five DORA pillars. Use it to:

• Map DORA's regulatory scope, including the 19 designated critical ICT third-party service providers
• Understand what each pillar requires in practice, from ICT risk management frameworks to third-party contract obligations under Article 30
• Identify your governance, risk and compliance obligations, from board-level accountability to continuous monitoring
• Understand how DORA interacts with NIS2 and the broader EU regulatory landscape
• Know the penalties for non-compliance and the powers competent authorities hold to act on them

Ready to assess your current position? Our DORA compliance checklist scores your programme across each of the five pillars and tells you where supervisory risk concentrates most. Download your copy here.