The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) aims to ensure that all participants in the financial system have the necessary safeguards in place to mitigate cyber-attacks and other risks. The legislation will require firms to ensure that they can withstand all types of ICT-related disruptions and threats. It complements existing laws such as the Network and Information Security Directive (NISD) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In this episode, Alexander Robson, managing editor, Regulatory Intelligence, is joined by Trond Vagen, senior editor in Oslo, and Mike Cowan, senior regulatory intelligence expert in London, to discuss DORA, the impact of the legislation on financial services firms and ways for them to prepare.


Programme notes

DORA Regulation full text

https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-41-2022-INIT/en/pdf

EU Council press release 28/11/22

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/11/28/digital-finance-council-adopts-digital-operational-resilience-act/

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