DORA Compliance

Building digital operational resilience with clarity and confidence

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is changing how financial entities manage technology risk, resilience, and accountability.

For many organisations, the challenge isn’t understanding what DORA is, it’s understanding how to comply in a way that strengthens resilience without disrupting the business.

At GRC Solutions, we help organisations turn DORA from a regulatory obligation into a practical framework for operational confidence.

DORA: a shift from compliance to resilience

DORA goes beyond traditional ICT controls. It brings together risk management, incident response, resilience testing, and third-party oversight under a single regulatory framework. This raises important questions for regulated organisations:

Do our current ICT risk practices meet DORA expectations?

How resilient are our critical services in real-world scenarios?

Are our third-party providers and cloud services sufficiently controlled?

Can we evidence resilience to regulators when required?

Common challenges organisations face with DORA

We regularly see organisations struggling with:

Fragmented ownership of ICT risk and resilience
Limited visibility of critical systems and dependencies
Third-party and cloud risk that’s difficult to evidence
Incident response plans that haven’t been fully tested
Uncertainty around regulatory expectations and timelines

DORA brings these challenges together, but it also provides a clear opportunity to address them properly.

Our approach: structured, proportionate, and outcome-led

We support DORA compliance through a clear, phased journey, aligned to how organisations actually operate.

We help you understand whether DORA applies, how it applies, and what proportional compliance looks like based on your organisation, services, and risk profile.

Through a structured DORA gap assessment, we evaluate ICT risk management, resilience, incident handling, and third-party oversight against regulatory expectations.

We support the design and implementation of practical controls, policies, and processes — aligned with existing frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIS2, and operational resilience.

DORA places strong emphasis on testing. We help validate resilience through scenario testing, attack simulation, and incident response exercises.

DORA is not a one-off exercise. We provide continued support to help you maintain compliance, monitor risk, and remain regulator-ready.

How GRC Solutions supports DORA compliance

Our DORA services are modular and scalable, allowing you to focus on what matters most:

DORA Readiness & Gap Assessments
ICT Risk Management & Governance
Third-Party & Cloud Risk Management
Incident Response Planning & Testing
Breach & Operational Resilience
Advanced Testing & Attack Simulation
Ongoing Managed GRC & Compliance Support

This ensures DORA strengthens your wider resilience posture, rather than sitting in isolation.

Why organisations choose GRC Solutions

Our focus is on clarity, practicality, and confidence. We help organisations demonstrate compliance while building resilience that works in practice.

Regulatory Clarity

Clear interpretation of DORA requirements

Risk Proportion

Proportionate, risk-based implementation

Framework Alignment

Strong alignment with existing controls and frameworks

Practical Testing

Real-world testing, not theoretical assurance

Ongoing Partnership

Long-term partnership and ongoing support

DORA as a foundation for long-term resilience

When approached correctly, DORA becomes more than a regulatory requirement. It becomes a structured way to improve how your organisation manages ICT risk, third-party dependencies, and operational disruption. Our role is to guide you through that journey, calmly, clearly, and effectively.