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DORA Regulation: Shielding the Financial Sector

Digital Operational Resilience and Regulatory Compliance

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now the mandatory standard. It's not just a compliance rule; it's the framework that ensures your financial entity can resist, absorb, and recover from serious cyber threats.

Financial Sector
Business Continuity
Regulatory Deadlines

Who must comply with DORA?

DORA affects the entire European financial ecosystem and its critical technology providers. Non-compliance leads to direct supervision by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).

Banking & Credit
Insurance
Cloud Providers
Crypto & Fintech
Asset Management
Data Services

The 5 Pillars of DORA

Our framework aligned with EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA requirements.

DORA Requirement

Robust framework to identify, classify, and protect critical information assets.

Sesecpro Capability

We implement a governance framework aligned with DORA, defining control functions and risk tolerance policies.

Risk Consulting
DORA Requirement

Processes to record, classify, and notify serious incidents to authorities within strict deadlines.

Sesecpro Capability

Automation of regulatory reports and centralized incident management with a complete audit trail.

Incident Audit
DORA Requirement

Periodic testing of systems, including threat-led penetration testing (TLPT).

Sesecpro Capability

Red Teaming exercises and periodic vulnerability scans required for systemic entities.

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DORA Requirement

Strict oversight of ICT service providers (Cloud, Software, Data Centers).

Sesecpro Capability

Provider compliance audits and standardization of contractual clauses required by the EU.

Provider Management
DORA Requirement

Mechanisms to share cyber threat intelligence between financial entities.

Sesecpro Capability

Integration into shared intelligence networks and secure communication protocols during sectoral crises.

Cyber Intelligence

Sesecpro as a Strategic Partner

Risk Governance

We help the Board of Directors assume their ultimate responsibility in ICT risk management, defining risk appetite and control frameworks.

TLPT Testing

We execute advanced threat-led penetration testing, replicating tactics of state and financial adversaries as required by the standard.

Third-party Alignment

We analyze and adapt your ICT provider contracts (Cloud/SaaS) to ensure they meet DORA's supervision requirements.

DORA vs NIS2: Frequently Asked Questions

Which one applies to me?

DORA prevails over NIS2 for the financial sector (*Lex Specialis*). If you are a financial entity, your cybersecurity obligations are primarily governed by DORA, even if NIS2 is the general European framework.

What are the deadlines?

The DORA Regulation is fully applicable since **January 17, 2025**. Entities that haven't yet implemented the ICT risk management framework are in a critical regulatory risk situation.

Ensure Your Operational Resilience

Don't treat DORA compliance as a bureaucratic checklist. Turn it into your competitive advantage.