DORA ICT Risk Management Automation
DORA Articles 5-15,continuously evidenced.
CISGuard automates the ICT risk management technical controls DORA mandates for EU financial entities: system hardening, continuous monitoring, drift detection, and third-party risk reviews.
- Regulation
- EU Regulation 2022/2554 (effective 17 Jan 2025)
- Primary articles satisfied
- Articles 5-15 (ICT risk management)
- Third-party article support
- Article 28: ICT third-party risk reviews
- Supervisor
- ESAs (EBA, ESMA, EIOPA) + national authorities
- Penalty exposure
- Up to 1% of average daily worldwide turnover
- Continuous monitoring
- Implicit in Article 10 detection requirements
Overview
What is DORA?
DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act, Regulation EU 2022/2554), effective 17 January 2025, establishes uniform requirements for the security of network and information systems supporting EU financial entities. The Act applies to banks, insurance companies, investment firms, payment service providers, crypto-asset service providers, and their critical ICT third-party providers. The regulatory technical standards (RTS) and implementing technical standards (ITS) mandate detailed control implementation. Articles 5-15 (ICT risk management framework) and Article 28 (third-party ICT risk) are the most technical and configuration-relevant. EU financial supervisors will increasingly require continuous evidence of these controls.
How CISGuard automates DORA evidence
DORA represents the EU's shift from principles-based ICT supervision to prescriptive technical requirements with detailed RTS/ITS. National supervisors will demand evidence, not just policy. The technical controls in Articles 9-12 are configuration-based and directly map to CIS benchmarks. CISGuard's continuous scanning produces the operational evidence supervisors expect. Article 28 (third-party concentration risk) requires regulated entities to evidence the security posture of critical ICT providers; CISGuard's multi-tenant architecture lets ICT providers furnish per-customer compliance evidence directly. Penalties for non-compliance reach 1% of worldwide turnover.
Control mapping
DORA articles CISGuard helps satisfy.
Each CIS control is tagged with its framework reference. One scan produces the per-framework coverage report, with satisfied, partially satisfied and not-met status for every control.
| Control area | Controls | Mapped by |
|---|---|---|
| Article 6: ICT Risk Management Framework | Documented framework with technical controls | Continuous CIS benchmark scanning + framework mapping |
| Article 9: Protection and Prevention | ICT system protection requirements | CIS Hardening across endpoints + cloud + containers |
| Article 10: Detection | Detection of ICT-related incidents and anomalies | Drift detection + SIEM integration alerts |
| Article 11: Response and Recovery | Change management and recovery protocols | Drift events + exception management workflow |
| Article 12: Backup Policies, Procedures | Configuration backup and recovery testing | Continuous baseline comparison evidences config integrity |
| Article 15: ICT Third-Party Risk | Third-party ICT provider risk reviews | Multi-tenant dashboards for ICT provider compliance evidence |
| Article 28: ICT Concentration Risk | Critical ICT third-party register | Provider-scoped evidence packages |
Auditor evidence
Evidence artifacts CISGuard generates.
Auditor-grade outputs in PDF, HTML, JSON, CSV and SARIF. No spreadsheets, no screenshots, no manual cross-referencing.
- DORA Framework Coverage Report mapping CIS controls to Articles 5-15
- Continuous ICT risk monitoring evidence stream for ESA supervision
- Article 10 detection events via drift detection + SIEM forwarding
- Per-provider evidence packages for Article 15 third-party risk reviews
- Article 28 critical ICT provider register supporting documentation
- Annual ICT risk management report data source
Frequently asked
DORA questions, answered directly.
Which DORA articles does CISGuard primarily help satisfy?
CISGuard primarily addresses Articles 5-15 (ICT risk management framework), with particular strength in Article 9 (protection), Article 10 (detection), Article 11 (response), and Article 28 (ICT third-party concentration risk). Articles relating to governance and reporting cycles need GRC tooling for full coverage; CISGuard provides the underlying technical evidence those tools require.
Does CISGuard help ICT third-party providers prove DORA compliance to their bank customers?
Yes. Article 15 requires regulated entities to validate the security posture of critical ICT third-party providers. CISGuard's multi-tenant architecture lets ICT providers furnish per-customer compliance evidence directly, without exposing other customers' data. Banks accept this as defensible evidence for their Article 15 reviews.
How does CISGuard support DORA continuous monitoring requirements?
Article 10 (Detection) requires regulated entities to detect ICT incidents and anomalies. CISGuard's drift detection produces continuous evidence: every configuration change is captured, classified as regression or improvement, and forwarded to SIEM. This is the operational evidence supervisors expect of "appropriate detection mechanisms."
Can CISGuard be deployed in EU sovereign-cloud regions for DORA?
Yes. CISGuard deploys inside customer-controlled Azure EU regions, AWS Frankfurt/Ireland, and on-premises EU data centers. Scan data stays within the EU, supporting GDPR and DORA data-handling expectations. Sovereign-cloud deployment is essential for tier-1 financial infrastructure subject to additional national requirements.
What evidence will DORA supervisors expect during inspections?
Supervisors will request evidence that ICT risk management controls were implemented AND operating. Spreadsheets and screenshots are insufficient. CISGuard's continuous Framework Coverage Report, audit trail, and historical posture trend provide the operational evidence format supervisors are establishing as the standard during early DORA supervision.
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