DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) · Manager
PECB Certified DORA Lead Manager
Master the skills to lead digital operational resilience in financial entities and ensure compliance with DORA, covering ICT risk, incident reporting and third-party oversight.
- Self-Paced
Compliance since January 2025
DORA has applied to in-scope financial entities and their critical ICT providers since 17 January 2025, with enforcement and supervisory activity building since. This course is written for the person accountable for the programme, not just for general awareness of the requirements.
What you take away
By the end you should be able to build and lead an ICT risk management framework, oversee third-party dependencies, and coordinate resilience testing that satisfies both internal governance and regulatory expectation.
What you will learn
- Explain DORA requirements for ICT risk management, incident reporting and resilience testing
- Lead the implementation of an ICT risk management framework aligned with DORA
- Manage third-party ICT risk, including critical provider oversight
- Design and coordinate digital operational resilience testing
- Report DORA compliance posture to executives and regulators
Course content
1. DORA requirements in depth
ICT risk management, incident reporting, resilience testing and third-party oversight.
2. Building the ICT risk management framework
Governance, policies and controls aligned with DORA requirements.
3. Third-party risk and critical providers
Assessing and overseeing ICT third-party dependencies under DORA.
4. Resilience testing
Designing and running digital operational resilience testing programmes.
5. Reporting and continual improvement
Communicating compliance posture and maturing the programme over time.
Exam and certification
Written exam delivered online through PECB Exams.
Your fee includes your first exam attempt and one free retake within 12 months. After passing, you can apply for the relevant PECB credential.
