🔥 DORA: European Regulation for Digital Resilience

🔹 What is DORA?

DORA(Digital Operational Resilience Act) is a European legislation, passed in 2023, that will become mandatory as of Jan. 17, 2025. Its goal? To strengthen digital resilience in the financial sector.

🔹 Aimed at banks, insurers, payment institutions and IT vendors.
🔹 Stringent requirements for cybersecurity, risk management and incident reporting.
🔹 Broader than ISO standards: mandatory and legally enforceable.

 

🔥 DORA vs. NIS2 vs. ISO 27001 vs. NEN 7510 vs. ISO 9001 vs. BIO

✅ DORA (digital operational resilience)

• What: European legislation for digital resilience in the financial sector.
• For: Banks, insurers, IT vendors
• Goal: Strengthen cybersecurity and risk management

✅ NIS2 (Network and information security)

• What: EU directive for cybersecurity in key sectors.
• For: Critical sectors (energy, transportation, healthcare, cloud)
• Purpose: To protect against cyber threats

✅ ISO 27001 (Information security)

• What: International standard for structuring and certifying information security.
• For: All organizations worldwide
• Goal: Structure and certify data security.

✅ NEN 7510 (information security in healthcare)

• What: Dutch standard for security of medical and patient data.
• For: Healthcare organizations and healthcare IT vendors
• Purpose: Protection of medical data

✅ ISO 9001 (Quality Management)

• What: International standard for process and quality improvement.
• For: All organizations worldwide
• Goal: Improve processes and service delivery

✅ BIO (Baseline Information Security Government).

• What: Mandatory standard for information security in government.
• For: Government agencies and semi-public institutions.
• Goal: Protection, standardization and secure processing of government data.

 

 

🔥 The 5 Main Pillars of DORA

DORA imposes strict requirements on financial institutions and their IT partners. These are the five core pillars:

1️⃣ ICT Risk Management 📊

• Organizations must have an ICT risk management policy.
• Continuous risk analysis and implementation of security measures.

2️⃣ Incident reporting 🚨

• Cyber incidents should be reported immediately to regulators.
• Strict obligations for incident tracking.

3️⃣ Operational resilience testing 🛠️

• Financial institutions should conduct regular penetration tests.
• Infrastructure weaknesses must be eliminated.

4️⃣ ICT risks with third parties 🔄

• Vendors such as cloud providers must meet strict security requirements.
• Financial institutions remain responsible for the cybersecurity of their supply chain.

5️⃣ Information Exchange 📢

• Collaboration and sharing of threat information between companies is encouraged.

 

📅 When will DORA take effect?

DORA will become mandatory on Jan. 17, 2025. Organizations in the financial sector and their IT vendors should prepare now to be compliant.

 

🔥 Which Standard or Regulation is Relevant To Your Organization?

🔹 Do you work in the financial sector? → DORA is mandatory! 🏦
🔹 Do you manage essential services (such as energy or healthcare)? → NIS2 is relevant! ⚡🏥
🔹 Do you want to be globally recognized for information security? → ISO 27001 is a must! 🔐
🔹 Do you work in healthcare? → NEN 7510 is mandatory in the Netherlands! 🏥
🔹 Do you focus on quality management? → ISO 9001 helps you optimize processes! ✅

 

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About the author

My name is Alta Martes, a specialist in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, with a focus on modern workplace management, cloud security and identity & access management. With years of experience, I help organizations optimize their IT infrastructure and create a secure, efficient digital workplace.

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