DORA is the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act for financial entities and important technology service arrangements.
What it means in Dutch business
DORA matters because ICT incidents, outsourced technology, cyber resilience and third-party risk become board-readable compliance evidence. For The Polder reader, the term is useful when it explains what must be checked in the Dutch file, who carries responsibility and how a public rule or signal reaches daily business decisions.
Why it matters
DORA matters because ICT incidents, outsourced technology, cyber resilience and third-party risk become board-readable compliance evidence.
Where readers see it
- ICT risk
- incident reporting
- outsourcing
- financial-sector technology
- resilience testing
In practice
- ICT risk
- incident reporting
- outsourcing
- financial-sector technology
- resilience testing
What to check
- Which duty, authority, client file, supplier file or reporting step uses DORA.
- Who in the company owns the decision and evidence.
- Which document proves the company understood the risk before pressure arrived.
- Whether the control is operational or only written as policy.
Common mistake
DORA is not only an IT checklist. It asks whether technology risk can be governed, evidenced and recovered under pressure.
The Polder reading
The Polder reads DORA through Compliance: not as loose terminology, but as a way to connect ICT risk, incident reporting, outsourcing to the decision a company, adviser or public authority has to defend.
Related terms
- ICT
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- DNB
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Last updated by The Polder Dictionary on 2026-06-10T10:30:10+00:00.