Fintech Focus Podcast | Navigating IT and Security Risks in Fintechs in Light of Impending DORA Deadline
As regulatory frameworks tighten and cybersecurity threats grow in complexity, operational resilience is, now more than ever, a boardroom challenge for banks....more
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published its finalised Format for Incident Reporting Exchange (FIRE), together with a press release and updated webpage. FIRE provides a standardised format for financial institutions...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a transformative regulation introduced by the European Union to bolster the resilience of financial institutions against Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risks....more
On March 24 2025, the European Commission (EC) adopted the final draft Delegated Regulation setting out Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for subcontracting ICT services supporting critical or important functions under the...more
Introduction to DORA and its Implications - As of Jan.17, 2025, the European Union’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) became enforceable. This new regulatory framework significantly impacts financial institutions and...more
The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) took effect on 17 January 2025 after a two-year implementation period. DORA sets out new requirements for financial entities (FEs) and their information technology and...more
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published official translations of the guidelines on the maintenance of systems and security access protocols for offerors and persons seeking admission to trading of...more
EU national supervisory authorities will collect the Register of Information (ROI) pursuant to the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) from in scope financial entities in April 2025, with the reference date set as...more
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have published a roadmap for the designation of critical ICT third-party service providers (CTPPs) under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The roadmap of key dates...more
Two delegated acts were published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) in respect of the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). These are: - Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/301, which comprises...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published an updated version of the threat intelligence-based ethical red teaming framework (TIBER-EU framework) (dated January) to align with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)...more
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a final report with amending guidelines in respect of Guidelines EBA/GL/2019/04 on ICT and security risk management. The EBA reviewed the Guidelines in light of the Digital...more
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) with regard to RTS specifying the criteria used for identifying financial entities...more
The European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) published a roadmap to designate critical ICT third-party service providers (“CTPPs”) under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”). To designate an ICT third-party...more
The European Commission has published a letter (dated 21 January 2025) addressed to the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) rejecting certain draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) the ESAs...more
The Financial Markets Standards Board has published the final version of its standard for sharing standard settlement instructions. The standard establishes core principles which set out expected practices for the sharing of...more
The European Supervisory Authorities have published the terms of reference for the EU systemic cyber incident co-ordination framework Forum established under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act. The Forum will be...more
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority recently published the European Commission’s response (Q&A 2999) on the question of which services fall under the definition of “ICT services” under Article 3(21) of...more
What has happened: On 21 January 2025, the European Commission sent a letter to the Chair of the Joint Committee of the ESAs with its decision to reject the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (“RTS”) on subcontracting...more
The Single Resolution Board has published a revised version of the operational guidance on operational continuity in resolution. The guidance provides further clarifications to banks on how to implement SRB expectations for...more
European regulators recently published clarifications on the scope of ICT services under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), prepared by the European Commission, which confirms previous guidance and enables...more
Firms involved in implementing changes to comply with new rules under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) have questioned whether financial services provided by other regulated firms may fall within the...more
Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (“DORA”), which establishes a uniform set of requirements relating to the security of network and information systems supporting financial...more
Beginning 17 January 2025, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) will apply to almost all EU financial entities, including banks, insurers and reinsurers, brokers , payment and electronic money institutions,...more