What Is DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act)?
An entirely separate, unrelated use of the same acronym: the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act, a financial-sector regulation in force since 01-17-2025.
Definition
An entirely separate, unrelated use of the same acronym: the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act, a financial-sector regulation in force since 01-17-2025.
It sets requirements for ICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing, and oversight of third-party ICT providers at banks, insurers, and other EU financial entities. For CDE decisions this matters because a cloud development environment vendor can fall within the third-party ICT provider scope, which affects contract terms, exit planning, and where workloads may run. It has nothing to do with deployment frequency or the DORA metrics above.
Where This Fits
This term is covered in depth on CDEs for Financial Services.
Build secure, compliant financial applications with CDEs. SOC 2, PCI-DSS, SOX compliance, data residency, and regulatory requirements for banking and fintech.