EU Financial Regulation

DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act)

In force since January 2025 for EU financial entities — with strict expectations around Information and Communication Technology (ICT) access control and third-party risk.

What is DORA?

The Digital Operational Resilience Act is an EU regulation requiring financial entities — and increasingly their UK counterparts operating in the EU — to demonstrate robust ICT risk management, including strong controls over access to critical systems.

DORA places particular emphasis on third-party and ICT vendor risk: financial firms must be able to show they govern not just their own staff's access, but every vendor, contractor, and service provider touching critical systems.

How IAM Tech helps

Third-party access governance and privileged access management are exactly where DORA's expectations bite hardest — and exactly where we spend most of our time.

  • Third-party and vendor access lifecycle governance
  • Privileged access management for critical system access
  • Access certification evidence mapped to ICT risk requirements
  • Non-human identity governance for service accounts and integrations
See Privileged Access Management (PAM) →

See our full approach to IAM for Financial Services & Banking →

Want to know where you stand?

Take the free 2-minute IAM Health Check, or talk to us directly about your DORA requirements.

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