Operationalizing DORA: A Practical Guide for Financial Entities

Ričardas Brogys

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Data Protection & Digital Resilience

About this course

Learn how to implement DORA within financial organizations, covering regulatory requirements, operational resilience, governance, team collaboration, and key technical expectations.

Practical guide to implement the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) within financial organizations. It offers an in-depth look at regulatory expectations, team collaboration, and the technical requirements necessary to achieve operational resilience.

Course created by GOWISE Academy partners at COPLA.

Regulatory Foundations: Understand why it is critical to use official sources, such as official Lex pages and Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), as the primary reference for compliance.
The Principle of Proportionality: Learn how DORA adapts to different financial entities based on their size and complexity, allowing for a simplified framework in certain cases.
Effective Governance: Explore the "three lines of defense" model, the necessity of board-level accountability, and how various departments (IT, Legal, Risk, and Security) must collaborate.
Practical Implementation Steps: Gain insights into starting with a gap analysis (potentially using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework) to determine current standing and future goals.
ICT Risk Management & Testing: Understand the requirements for a minimum viable testing program, including vulnerability assessments, penetration testing (TLPT), and scenario-based testing for critical assets.
Third-Party Risk Management: Learn how to manage ICT service providers, from contractual requirements and SLAs to exit strategies and concentration risk assessments.
Reporting Obligations: Discover the mandatory reporting requirements for major incidents and the importance of maintaining high-quality data in registers of information.
National Authority Collaboration: Learn the benefits of establishing a proactive dialogue with local regulators and National Cybersecurity Centers, including how to leverage their tools and threat intelligence reports.

Course Curriculum

This webinar provides a practical guide to implementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) within financial organizations. It offers an in-depth look at regulatory expectations, team collaboration, and the technical requirements necessary to achieve operational resilience.

Lesson: Operationalizing DORA: A Practical Guide for Financial Entities 1h 10m

Designed for:

Compliance, risk, and IT security professionals at banks, insurers, investment firms, and other regulated financial entities
CISOs, IT managers, and risk officers responsible for meeting DORA requirements
Legal and governance teams involved in regulatory reporting or third-party contract management
Executives and board members accountable for operational resilience oversight
Smaller financial organizations navigating DORA's proportionality provisions with limited resources
Anyone seeking to move from theoretical DORA knowledge to hands-on implementation

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