What is DORA?
Also called Digital Operational Resilience Act.
DORA means: DORA is the Digital Operational Resilience Act, an EU regulation on ICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing and third-party ICT risk in financial services. Source: EUR-Lex: Digital Operational Resilience Act.
Why it matters
It turns digital resilience into a horizontal financial-sector compliance duty across firms and critical ICT providers.
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What is DORA?
DORA is the Digital Operational Resilience Act, an EU regulation on ICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing and third-party ICT risk in financial services.
Why does DORA matter in EU policy?
It turns digital resilience into a horizontal financial-sector compliance duty across firms and critical ICT providers.
Where can I verify the definition of DORA?
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