The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) marks a pivotal milestone in safeguarding the financial sector from the growing threat of cyberattacks.
Designed to bolster the digital resilience of financial institutions, DORA emphasizes securing ICT assets—hardware and software within networks and information systems—while ensuring rapid recovery from security incidents. With its effective date set for 17 January 2025, organizations must act swiftly to achieve compliance.
In this blog series, we’ll explore DORA’s impact on storage and backup platforms, which lie at the heart of operational resilience strategies.
This first post will focus on the DORA ICT Risk Management chapter and the associated technical requirements, particularly for storage and backup systems.
Introduction
DORA introduces comprehensive requirements for ICT Risk Management, emphasizing the need to safeguard critical ICT assets from cyber threats, and recover swiftly from disruptions to ensure operational resilience.
Storage and backup systems are among the most mission-critical ICT assets, as they store nearly all information assets, including sensitive financial data and…
