The Digital Operational Resilience Act introduces explicit, enforceable obligations around ICT and third-party risk across the financial sector.
For many organisations, the challenge is not awareness of DORA. It is understanding what applies, where accountability sits, and how regulatory requirements translate into operating practices that will withstand scrutiny.
This guide is designed to support that interpretation.
In practice, uncertainty most often arises around:
For readers looking to understand how these regulatory expectations align with the practical operation of third-party risk programmes, a more detailed overview of Third-Party Risk Management in practice is available here.
This guide is intended for legal, risk, compliance and security leaders responsible for interpreting, implementing or overseeing DORA-related third-party and ICT risk obligations.
It is particularly relevant where accountability spans multiple functions and requires coordinated governance.
This guide does not provide legal advice and does not restate the regulation.
It is intended to help organisations understand how DORA’s third-party and ICT risk requirements are commonly interpreted, operationalised and governed in practice, particularly within UK-regulated financial services firms.
Many organisations find that the most difficult aspect of DORA is not understanding the regulation, but translating it into operating practices that are clear, consistent and defensible.
If you would find it helpful to discuss how DORA applies to your organisation’s third-party and ICT risk approach, you can request a short exploratory conversation.
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