If you are a CISO at a European investment bank, this playbook was built for you.
As the executive accountable for ICT risk, third-party oversight, and digital operational resilience, you are under increasing pressure to align your organization with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). You must demonstrate compliance across incident reporting, risk management, and resilience testing while coordinating with internal audit, legal, and procurement teams. This playbook delivers a structured, field-tested methodology to implement DORA requirements efficiently and sustainably.
Regulatory scrutiny has intensified under DORA, with mandatory incident reporting timelines, strict third-party risk controls, and binding requirements for advanced testing programs. You are expected to maintain continuous compliance while managing legacy systems, external vendor dependencies, and evolving cyber threats. The cost of non-compliance includes public penalties, operational restrictions, and reputational damage. With tight deadlines and limited internal bandwidth, building a compliant framework from scratch is no longer viable.
Engaging a Big-4 consultancy to design a DORA compliance program typically costs between EUR 80,000 and EUR 250,000. Alternatively, dedicating an internal team of 3 full-time specialists for 4 to 6 months requires significant opportunity cost and subject matter expertise. This playbook provides the same depth of structure and compliance coverage for a one-time cost of $395.
What you get
| Phase | File Type | Description | Count |
| Assessment | Domain Assessment Workbook | 30-question evaluation per DORA domain, with scoring guidance and evidence mapping | 7 |
| Evidence Collection | Evidence Runbook | Step-by-step instructions for gathering, organizing, and validating evidence per DORA Article | 1 |
| Audit Readiness | Audit Preparation Playbook | Checklist-driven guide to prepare for supervisory audits, including mock audit scenarios | 1 |
| Execution | RACI Template | Pre-built responsibility assignment matrix for DORA implementation tasks | 1 |
| Execution | Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) | Hierarchical task list for end-to-end DORA compliance rollout | 1 |
| Integration | Cross-Framework Mapping Matrix | Detailed alignment between DORA, ISO 27001, and ENS controls | 1 |
| Implementation | ICT Third-Party Risk Assessment Workbook | Sample chapter: 30-question assessment aligned with DORA Article 24 | 1 |
| Total Files Delivered | 64 |
Domain assessments
Each of the seven domain assessments contains 30 targeted questions, evidence requirements, and scoring logic to evaluate compliance maturity:
- ICT Risk Management: Evaluates policies, controls, and governance processes for identifying and mitigating ICT risks across the organization.
- Incident Management and Reporting: Assesses capabilities for detecting, classifying, and reporting ICT-related incidents within DORA-mandated timelines.
- Operational Resilience Testing: Reviews the design, execution, and documentation of advanced testing programs including threat-led penetration testing.
- Third-Party Risk Oversight: Validates due diligence, monitoring, and exit strategies for critical and important ICT third-party providers.
- Resilience Planning: Measures the maturity of business continuity and disaster recovery plans in alignment with DORA's operational resilience objectives.
- Information and Communication Security: Examines technical and organizational measures protecting data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Board and Senior Management Oversight: Confirms that governance structures ensure accountability, reporting, and strategic alignment with DORA requirements.
What this saves you
| Activity | Time with Internal Team | Time with This Playbook |
| Develop third-party risk assessment | 120 hours | 8 hours |
| Map DORA to ISO 27001 controls | 80 hours | 2 hours |
| Prepare for supervisory audit | 160 hours | 20 hours |
| Build work breakdown structure | 60 hours | 4 hours |
| Assign roles and responsibilities (RACI) | 40 hours | 3 hours |
| Collect and organize evidence | 200 hours | 40 hours |
| Total Estimated Time Saved | 660 hours | 77 hours |
Who this is for
- Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) responsible for ICT risk and compliance in European financial institutions
- Head of Operational Resilience overseeing DORA implementation and testing programs
- Third-Party Risk Managers tasked with assessing and monitoring critical ICT vendors
- Compliance Officers preparing for regulatory audits under DORA
- IT Governance Leads aligning internal controls with regulatory frameworks
- Security Architects integrating DORA requirements into technical design
- Risk Committee Members requiring structured oversight tools for board reporting
Cross-framework mappings
This playbook includes explicit control mappings between DORA and the following frameworks:
- DORA (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554)
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 , Information Security Management
- ENS (Esquema Nacional de Seguridad) , Spanish National Security Framework
What is NOT in this product
- This is not a software tool or automated compliance platform
- No real-time monitoring, dashboards, or alerting capabilities are included
- It does not provide legal advice or substitute for regulatory counsel
- No integration with GRC systems or APIs is provided
- The templates require manual customization to fit organizational context
- It does not include training sessions, consulting hours, or support contracts
- No certification or audit services are offered with purchase
Lifetime access and satisfaction guarantee
You receive lifetime access to the playbook with no subscription and no login portal. The files are delivered as downloadable documents. If this playbook does not save your team at least 100 hours of manual compliance work, email us for a full refund. No questions, no friction.
About the seller
The creator has 25 years of experience in regulatory compliance and information security, with direct involvement in 692 regulatory and industry frameworks. The methodology is built on 819,000+ cross-framework mappings and has been adopted by 40,000+ practitioners across 160 countries. This playbook reflects field-tested structures used in financial institutions to achieve audit readiness under complex regulatory regimes.>
