DORA Readiness Check: Creating Transparency, Strengthening Resilience
Our DORA Readiness Check shows where your organization currently stands in implementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), identifies areas requiring action, and outlines which measures should be prioritized. The assessment creates transparency regarding regulatory requirements, existing risks, and the necessary steps for sustainable DORA compliance.
Industry / Area
Financial Services / Operational Resilience / DORA Compliance
Scope
Structured assessment of the current DORA maturity level in the areas of ICT risk management, third-party management, asset and configuration management, change management, and incident management, including the development of a prioritized action plan.
ibc role
Conducting a DORA assessment, identifying compliance gaps, and developing a prioritized implementation roadmap including management recommendations.
Typical Duration
Effort depending on company size: 5–10 days
Team setup
Typically 1–2 consultants specializing in information security, governance, risk, and compliance management.
Context
Digital resilience becomes a regulatory requirement
With the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the European Union has established a unified framework to strengthen the digital resilience of financial institutions and their IT service providers. Affected organizations must systematically manage risks, document critical processes, and demonstrate their ability to operate during IT disruptions, cyberattacks, and outages.
This is exactly where our DORA Readiness Check comes in: We create transparency regarding your current maturity level, identify regulatory and organizational gaps, and develop a practical roadmap for implementation.
Challenge
Complex requirements and lack of transparency
Many organizations already have individual processes and measures in place but cannot confidently assess whether these adequately meet DORA requirements. Often, there is a lack of a holistic view of maturity, clear priorities, and a robust implementation plan.
The result is uncertainty regarding responsibilities, documentation, and evidence management, as well as increased risks during audits and assessments.
Typical challenges include:
- Lack of transparency regarding the current DORA maturity level
- Incomplete or inconsistent documentation
- Uncertainties in ICT risk management
- Lack of visibility into third-party risks
- Insufficiently documented incident and change processes
- Lack of prioritization of measures
- Insufficient evidence for supervisory authorities, audits, and compliance assessments
What we do
We create clarity and an actionable roadmap
As part of the DORA Readiness Check, we analyze existing processes, roles, documentation, and organizational structures. The result is not a theoretical report, but a prioritized action plan for the step-by-step fulfillment of DORA requirements.
We assess both organizational and technical aspects of operational resilience and take established standards such as ITIL 4 and COBIT into account.
Typical activities include:
- Review of existing processes, policies, and documentation
- Interviews with relevant stakeholders from IT, Risk, Compliance, and business departments
- Assessment of DORA-relevant domains
- Analysis of ICT risks and third-party management
- Assessment of incident, change, and asset management processes
- Identification of compliance gaps and maturity improvement opportunities
- Development of a prioritized implementation roadmap with quick wins and medium- to long-term measures
Typical deliverables include:
- DORA gap analysis
- DORA maturity assessment
- Prioritized action backlog
- Management summary with recommendations
- Implementation roadmap for achieving DORA compliance
Results
A clear path to DORA compliance
The Readiness Check creates transparency regarding the current status of your organization and provides a solid basis for decisions, investments, and implementation activities.
Transparency regarding the current DORA maturity level
Identified gaps and risks
Prioritized measures for efficient implementation
Improved ability to demonstrate compliance to regulators and auditors
Clear roadmap for sustainably strengthening operational resilience
Our Promise
Why our DORA Readiness Check works
Feedback
Many financial institutions are familiar with DORA requirements but do not have a transparent assessment of their current implementation status.
Feature
A structured review evaluates your organization against the key DORA requirements and highlights areas requiring action.
Advantage
You quickly gain transparency regarding risks, maturity level, and priorities, as well as a sound basis for management decisions.
Results
The result is a clear and actionable roadmap through which DORA is not only formally fulfilled but also contributes to the sustainable strengthening of your operational resilience.
Klaus Stammerjohann
Contact
Schedule a free initial DORA consultation
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