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DORA ICT risk management: the technical controls, concretely

DORA makes ICT risk a board matter for financial entities and their critical providers. We translate the requirements into measurable technical controls — attack surface, vulnerability handling, continuity and supply chain — and show where you stand.

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Relates to: DORA · art. 5–15 — ICT risk management NIS2 · art. 21 — overlapping requirements ISO 27001 · Annex A

What we check

We map DORA's ICT risk-management requirements to concrete technical controls: identification of ICT assets and attack surface, protection and vulnerability handling, anomaly detection, plus continuity and backup — the framework DORA requires you to show and test.

Why it matters

DORA applies from January 2025 and hits banks, payment services, insurance and their ICT providers. The requirements are more prescriptive than NIS2 — especially on supply chain and resilience testing — and demand measurable technical evidence, not just policy.

How Security Guru tests it

Common mistakes

  • Treating DORA as pure documentation with no technical resilience testing
  • Missing that DORA reaches you as a critical ICT provider to a financial entity
  • Vulnerability handling without exploitability prioritisation
  • No proven restore for critical services (RPO/RTO)

What you get in the report

  • Status per DORA domain with technical evidence
  • Technical gaps prioritised by risk and exploitability
  • Input to resilience and continuity testing
  • Management summary for board and supervisor

FAQ

Does DORA apply to us as an IT provider?

Often yes — DORA extends to critical ICT third-party providers of financial entities. The requirements reach you via customer contracts.

How does DORA relate to NIS2?

They overlap technically but DORA is more prescriptive for the financial sector. Our review provides evidence that serves both.

Do you give legal DORA advice?

No — we deliver the technical evidence and control status. The regulatory interpretation rests with you or your advisor.

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