Regulatory Standards · European Union
Digital Operational Resilience Act
DORA resilience, evidenced, not asserted.
DORA makes ICT risk a board-level obligation for EU financial entities. Astragar maps DORA requirements to your controls, systems and third parties, and shows the financial exposure behind each gap.
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17 Jan 2025
DORA has applied since this date
5
Pillars: ICT risk, incidents, testing, third parties, information sharing
3 years
Threat-led penetration testing cycle for designated entities
What DORA requires
The obligations, in brief.
ICT risk management
A documented framework owned and overseen by the management body.
Incident reporting
Classify major ICT incidents and report them to competent authorities.
Resilience testing
Regular testing, including threat-led penetration testing where required.
Third-party risk
Register, assess and contractually manage ICT third-party providers.
How Astragar helps
From checklist to measurable risk.
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Requirement → control mapping
Map every DORA requirement to controls, systems, assets and owners.
02
Evidence, continuously
Collect and maintain evidence, with sign-off from contributor to IT auditor, CISO and executive office.
03
Exposure behind the gaps
See which vulnerabilities and sensitive data put DORA controls at risk.
04
Risk in financial terms
Prioritise remediation by business and financial impact, not checklist order.
DORA asks boards to understand ICT risk. Astragar expresses it in financial terms they already use.
Sign-off workflow
Evidence Contributor
→IT Auditor
→CISO
→Executive Office
Find the data. Test the controls. Reduce the risk.
Start with a scoped DORA review: requirements mapped, evidence gaps found, remediation prioritised by financial impact.
Book a DORA reviewAstragar supports compliance programmes with technical evidence and risk analysis. It does not provide legal advice or issue certifications.

