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Understanding and Complying with the Digital Operational Resilience Act

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In Short

Understand DORA’s scope and impact

  • The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) sets uniform requirements across the EU financial sector, affecting banks, insurers, investment firms, payment providers, and critical IT service suppliers.

Explore the five key compliance pillars

  • IT risk management, incident reporting, operational resilience testing, third-party risk management, and sector-wide information sharing are at the core of DORA’s requirements.

Learn practical steps to achieve compliance

  • The whitepaper outlines how organizations can build robust governance, automate risk processes, strengthen testing, and continuously monitor third-party resilience.

This whitepaper offers financial entities and their IT providers a clear roadmap to achieving compliance with DORA ahead of the January 2025 deadline. It explains what the regulation means in practice, the risks of non-compliance, and how SureCloud’s GRC platform can help automate, streamline, and sustain compliance efforts. Download now to prepare your organization for one of the most significant regulatory shifts in digital resilience.

Understanding and Complying with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

In an increasingly digital landscape, ensuring operational resilience has become paramount. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a regulatory framework introduced by the European Union to strengthen the IT security of organizations, particularly those operating in and supporting the Financial sector.

 

This whitepaper provides a comprehensive overview of DORA, outlines its requirements, offers strategies for compliance, identifies the entities in scope, and highlights critical focus areas for companies. 

 

Financial entities can enhance their digital operational resilience and safeguard their operations against IT-related risks by following the outlined strategies and focus areas. 

 

Table of contents: 

  • Introduction
  • Overview of DORA Regulation
  • Scope: Who is Affected by DORA?
  • Key Requirements of DORA
  • Key Steps for Achieving DORA Compliance
  • How SureCloud can help with DORA Compliance
  • Conclusion

 

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