Skip to content
Request a demo

Downloadable checklist

DORA readiness checklist.

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is now in force, setting strict requirements for financial entities and ICT service providers across the EU. But compliance is not just about meeting regulatory obligations, it’s about ensuring your organisation can withstand, respond to, and recover from ICT disruptions.

Our DORA Readiness Checklist provides a structured, actionable assessment to help organisations measure their compliance against DORA’s five key pillars. By identifying strengths and gaps, it enables businesses to prioritise remediation efforts, strengthen governance, and embed operational resilience.

Download the checklist today to evaluate your readiness and take proactive steps toward compliance.

What you will learn

  • DORA compliance across five key pillars: Evaluate your organisation’s performance in ICT Risk Management, Incident Management, Resilience Testing, Third-Party Risk, and Information Sharing.
  • Compliance status and next steps: Measure your readiness across 42 assessment criteria and receive clear guidance on how to address gaps.
  • Pillar-specific insights: Gain a deeper understanding of risk areas and practical steps to strengthen operational resilience.
  • Governance and risk strategy: Move beyond baseline compliance with expert recommendations to embed resilience into your risk and compliance framework

Who should download this

This checklist is essential for:

  • Risk and compliance leaders: Ensure governance structures align with DORA’s requirements and demonstrate compliance to regulators and auditors
  • Information security & cyber risk professionals: Strengthen ICT risk management frameworks, enhance resilience testing, and improve third-party oversight
  • IT & operations managers: Identify gaps in resilience planning, incident response, and system continuity
  • C-suite and senior executives: Gain strategic oversight of DORA compliance and align risk management with business objectives

How Protecht can help

Protecht ERM is a cloud-based GRC platform designed to help financial institutions achieve DORA compliance while embedding resilience across ICT risk management, incident response, and third- party oversight.

  • Automate compliance tracking for ICT risks, incidents, and regulatory reporting.
  • Centralise third-party risk management to maintain visibility over vendor dependencies.
  • Streamline incident response with real-time dashboards and audit trails.
  • Enhance resilience testing with integrated control assessments and scenario planning.
  • Track your organisation's real-time performance against each DORA pillar, just like the checklist, but fully integrated into your ERM system.
Find out more about how Protecht ERM can simplify your DORA compliance journey.
Back to list