DORA reports
regulation for financial entities
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a European Union regulation requiring financial entities to improve operational resilience in digital environments. DORA came into effect at the beginning of 2023. After a two-year preparation period, the regulation became fully applicable on 17 January 2025.
DORA establishes a comprehensive framework in areas such as effective risk management, operational capabilities in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) and cybersecurity, and the management of external service providers to ensure the stability and integrity of the EU financial system, covering the entire value chain.

How will DORA affect external service providers?
Increased supervision
External ICT service providers offering services to financial institutions will be subject to enhanced regulatory oversight under DORA.
Compliance requirement
Providers must ensure their services comply with DORA standards, as financial entities remain responsible for their suppliers’ regulatory compliance.
Enhanced security measures
Expectations for stronger security protocols will increase, including robust authentication strategies and incident response measures.
Contract adjustments
Existing contracts between financial entities and ICT providers may require amendments to include DORA compliance clauses.
Verification obligations
Financial organizations will need to ensure the compliance of their external ICT service providers, which may include audits and certifications.
How V-Desk supports compliance with DORA?
- Reporting a full registry of activities outsourced to external entities, including intra-group services and changes in the outsourcing of critical ICT services.
- Standardizing key service elements and relationships with external ICT providers to enable complete monitoring.
- Considering IT concentration risks and risks arising from sub-outsourcing.
- Ensuring that contracts with external ICT service providers contain all necessary monitoring and availability details, such as service level descriptions and data processing locations.
- Providing proper monitoring of risks arising from reliance on external ICT providers.
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DORA reports generated in V-Desk:
- RT.01.01 – Entity maintaining the information registry
- RT.01.02 – List of entities covered by the information registry
- RT.01.03 – List of branches
- RT.02.01 – Contractual arrangements – General information
- RT.02.02 – Contractual arrangements – Detailed information
- RT.02.03 – List of intra-group contractual arrangements
- RT.03.01 – Entities signing ICT service agreements or acting on behalf of ICT service users
- RT.03.02 – External ICT service providers signing ICT service agreements
- RT.03.03 – Entities signing ICT service agreements for another consolidated entity
- RT.04.01 – Entities using ICT services
- RT.05.01 – External ICT service provider
- RT.05.02 – ICT service supply chains
- RT.06.01 – Function identification
- RT.07.01 – ICT service assessment
- RT.99.01 – Definitions for entities using ICT services















































