Introduction:

The Digital Operational Resilience Act defines a regulatory framework that strengthens the ability of financial entities to manage ICT risks and maintain operational stability under disruptive conditions. The leadership role in digital operational resilience focuses on establishing governance structures that align ICT risk management, incident response, and resilience capabilities with regulatory expectations. This training program examines the governance architecture and structural components required to manage digital operational resilience within financial environments. It  presents the ICT risk frameworks, planning structures, incident management models, resilience testing mechanisms, and oversight structures aligned with DORA requirements.

Program Objectives:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify the conceptual foundations and regulatory principles of digital operational resilience.

• Evaluate planning and governance structures supporting ICT risk management implementation.

• Assess ICT risk and incident management structures within digital operational environments.

• Examine resilience testing and third-party risk governance mechanisms.

• Explore monitoring and review structures supporting digital operational resilience oversight.

Target Audience:

• Risk and compliance professionals in financial institutions.

• Cybersecurity and ICT risk management specialists.

• IT governance and digital resilience managers.

• Legal and regulatory affairs professionals.

• Consultants supporting digital operational resilience frameworks.

Program Outline:

Unit 1:

Foundations of Digital Operational Resilience and ICT Risk Management:

• Conceptual foundations of ICT risk management and digital operational resilience.

• Terminology frameworks related to ICT risk, cyber resilience, and operational stability.

• Regulatory scope and structure of the Digital Operational Resilience Act.

• Relationship between ICT risk management and organizational resilience objectives.

• Integration of digital resilience within financial governance environments.

Unit 2:

Planning and Governance Structures for Digital Resilience:

• Planning frameworks supporting structured implementation of digital resilience requirements.

• Organizational context analysis structures influencing ICT risk governance design.

• Governance mechanisms regulating accountability and leadership responsibilities.

• Policy frameworks addressing ICT systems, controls, and resilience requirements.

• Alignment structures connecting ICT risk governance with organizational objectives.

Unit 3:

ICT Risk and Incident Management Structures:

• ICT risk identification and assessment structures within financial environments.

• Incident detection and classification frameworks addressing ICT-related events.

• Governance mechanisms regulating incident response and reporting obligations.

• Risk treatment structures addressing vulnerabilities and threat scenarios.

• Coordination structures between organizations and supervisory authorities.

Unit 4:

Resilience Testing and Third Party Risk Governance:

• Resilience testing frameworks evaluating robustness of ICT systems.

• Advanced testing structures addressing critical services and threat scenarios.

• Third party risk governance frameworks addressing ICT service providers.

• Oversight structures regulating external ICT dependencies and concentration risks.

• Information sharing frameworks supporting collaboration on cyber threat intelligence.

Unit 5:

Digital Resilience Monitoring and Review Structures:

• Monitoring mechanisms evaluating effectiveness of ICT risk management activities.

• Review structures assessing digital operational resilience performance.

• Performance evaluation frameworks related to resilience objectives.

• Documentation structures supporting transparency and traceability of ICT risk activities.

• Corrective action structures addressing identified resilience gaps.