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ARTICLE · 12 FEBRUARY 2024

Digital Operational Resilience Act – Second Batch Of Technical Standards Launched For Consultation

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The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have launched a public consultation on the second batch of draft technical standards under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

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The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have launched a public consultation on the second batch of draft technical standards under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

This follows the first batch of draft technical standards, which were launched for consultation in June 2023, which we discussed here.

Second Batch

On 8 December 2023, the ESAs launched the second batch of technical standards for public consultation. This package includes four sets of Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), one set of Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) and two sets of guidelines (GL) in the areas of ICT-related incident reporting, digital operational resilience testing, ICT third-party risk management and oversight over critical ICT third-party providers. Namely, the batch consists of:

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