Coverage · Digital Operational Resilience

Operational resilience, proven.

DORA asks financial entities to demonstrate operational resilience, not just describe it. ComplyBridge turns the five pillars of the Act into continuously evidenced controls, with every artefact ready for the supervisor on the morning they walk in.

5
pillars: ICT risk, incidents, testing, third parties, information sharing
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types of financial entity in scope under Article 2, from banks to crowdfunding platforms
4h
initial notification window once an incident is classified as major
3y
threat-led penetration testing cycle for entities designated significant

The framework

What is DORA?

The Digital Operational Resilience Act applies to a very wide population: credit institutions, investment firms, payment and e-money institutions, crypto-asset service providers, insurance and reinsurance undertakings, fund managers, trading venues, crowdfunding platforms, and the critical ICT providers they all depend on. If you're supervised in EU financial services, you're almost certainly in scope.

The Act replaces a patchwork of national ICT expectations with a single, directly applicable resilience regime. It is prescriptive in the right places (incident classification thresholds, testing frequency, the fields in your third-party register) and outcomes-based where it matters.

ICT risk management
A governance-owned framework: strategy, risk register, controls, business continuity, and a management body that is accountable for it, not just informed.
Incident reporting
Classify every ICT incident against the thresholds, report major ones on the 4h / 72h / one-month clock, and keep the register the supervisor can ask for.
Resilience testing
An annual testing programme for everyone; threat-led penetration testing at least every three years for entities designated significant.
Third-party risk
A register of information on every ICT contract, mandatory contractual clauses, exit strategies, and concentration risk you can show rather than assert.

Who DORA applies to.

Almost everyone supervised in EU financial services. Proportionality and designation decide how heavy it lands.

FINANCIAL ENTITIES

Credit institutions, payment and e-money institutions, investment firms, CASPs, insurers, fund managers, trading venues. The full framework: ICT risk management, incident reporting, testing, and the third-party register.

SIGNIFICANT ENTITIES

Designated by your supervisor on size, criticality and interconnectedness. Everything above, plus threat-led penetration testing at least every three years and a more intensive supervisory dialogue.

MICRO & SMALL FIRMS

The Act is proportional. Microenterprises and the small, non-interconnected firms named in Article 16 run a simplified ICT risk management framework and carry lighter testing and reporting duties.

CRITICAL ICT PROVIDERS

Cloud, data and software providers designated critical sit under direct oversight by the European Supervisory Authorities, with a Lead Overseer. Your contracts with them must carry DORA's mandatory clauses.

Five pillars. One evidenced posture.

The Act structures resilience into five interlocking domains, each with its own regulatory and implementing technical standards.

01ICT risk management frameworkARTS 5–16
02ICT-related incident management & reportingARTS 17–23
03Digital operational resilience testingARTS 24–27
04Managing ICT third-party riskARTS 28–44
05Information-sharing arrangementsART 45

Article references to Regulation (EU) 2022/2554. The technical standards under each pillar carry the detail your supervisor tests against: classification thresholds, report templates, register fields, testing methodology.

The path

Getting to continuous DORA-readiness.

The first twelve months are about reaching baseline. After that, the objective is continuous evidence: no more point-in-time assessments, and nothing assembled the week before the supervisor asks.

Baseline your ICT estate

Consolidate the inventory (applications, infrastructure, data flows, third parties) into a DORA-aligned schema.

Stand up reporting

Incident classification and the 4h pipeline wired into Slack, PagerDuty and NCA connectors.

Operationalise third parties

Register of information live, with concentration and exit-plan health scoring per contract.

Evidence on schedule

Quarterly board pack, annual ICT risk framework review, triennial TLPT, all pre-staged.

How ComplyBridge helps

DORA's artefacts and rhythms, automated.

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Registers that stay live

ICT risk register synced with your cloud and on-prem inventory; third-party register with the mandated fields and exit-plan status per contract.

Incident classification & reporting

Thresholds applied as incidents land, with the 4h, 72h and one-month report templates pre-filled from the evidence.

Testing & board evidence

TLPT engagement lifecycle from scoping to attestation, a scenario library for tabletop and live drills, and a board-ready resilience pack every quarter.

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DORA has no finish line, so the platform is built for the ongoing side: registers, the incident queue and the evidence calendar, with every change to the Act and its technical standards flagged against your policies. See how the ongoing side works →

FAQ

Common questions.

Is my firm a 'significant' entity under DORA?
Significance is determined by size, criticality, and interconnectedness. Firms designated as significant face stricter TLPT cadence and intensified supervisory dialogue. ComplyBridge's onboarding includes a significance assessment that tracks how your profile evolves year over year.
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How does TLPT work in practice?
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Can small firms meet DORA?
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We already use Vanta / Drata. How does this differ?
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See your resilience posture, evidenced.

A short conversation about your entity type, your ICT estate and your supervisor. We show you what DORA asks of you and what the evidence looks like.

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