DORA Compliance Advisory

DORA — Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 — sets a single, demanding rulebook for digital operational resilience in EU financial services. It treats ICT risk as a board-level governance matter, not an IT one. vCyberBoard Advisor helps boards build a defensible DORA posture.

Who DORA applies to

DORA applies to financial entities — banks, insurers, investment firms, payment institutions and others — and reaches the critical ICT third-party providers that serve them. We help boards confirm their classification, timeline and obligations.

ICT risk management framework

DORA requires a documented, board-approved ICT risk-management framework covering identification, protection, detection, response and recovery. We help design it to be governed — with clear roles, reporting and review — rather than filed and forgotten.

Operational resilience and testing

Beyond controls, DORA demands evidence that the organisation can withstand and recover — through scenario testing, threat-led penetration testing and digital operational resilience testing programmes. We help the board understand the results and the gaps they reveal.

Third-party and ICT services risk

Much of operational risk now lives outside the organisation. DORA tightens contract terms, monitoring and concentration risk for ICT providers — including cloud. We help boards oversee the supply chain that now carries their resilience.

Your DORA Advisor

Framework design, board reporting, testing programmes and third-party risk oversight — independent advisory aligned to NIS2 and ISO/IEC 27001 so obligations reinforce rather than duplicate.