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ARTICLE · 25 MARCH 2025

DORA Digest: Key Developments During January To March 2025

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The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), along with its regulatory technical standards (RTS) and implementing technical standards...

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Adam Finlay
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The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), along with its regulatory technical standards (RTS) and implementing technical standards (ITS), has applied since 17 January 2025 and there have been several developments since. DORA is aimed at achieving a high level of digital operational resilience for regulated financial entities to ensure that they can withstand and respond to cyber threats and ICT-related incidents. As financial entities continue to grapple with DORA compliance, we have set out below some of the notable developments.

16 January 2025: Guide published by the Central Bank of Ireland on how to submit incident reports through the CBI Portal

On 16 January, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published a 'Guide to submitting major ICT–related incidents and significant cyber threats report(s) on the Central Bank of Ireland Portal'. The Guide provides systems guidance to assist financial entities in using the CBI Portal for submitting a major ICT-related

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