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DORA simplified RMF
Article 31: ICT risk management

Requirement description

1. The financial entities referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 shall include in their simplified ICT risk management framework all of the following:

(a) a determination of the risk tolerance levels for ICT risk, in accordance with the risk appetite of the financial entity;

(b) the identification and assessment of the ICT risks to which the financial entity is exposed;

(c) the specification of mitigation strategies at least for the ICT risks that are not within the risk tolerance levels of the financial entity;

(d) the monitoring of the effectiveness of the mitigation strategies referred to in point (c);

(e) the identification and assessment of any ICT and information security risks resulting from any major change in ICT system or ICT services, processes, or procedures, and from ICT security testing results and after any major ICT-related incident.

2. The financial entities referred to in paragraph 1 shall carry out and document the ICT risk assessment periodically commensurate to the financial entities’ ICT risk profile.

3. The financial entities referred to in paragraph 1 shall continuously monitor threats and vulnerabilities that are relevant to their critical or important functions, and information assets and ICT assets, and shall regularly review the risk scenarios impacting those critical or important functions.

4. The financial entities referred to in paragraph 1 shall set out alert thresholds and criteria to trigger and initiate ICT-related incident response processes.

How to fill the requirement

DORA simplified RMF

Article 31: ICT risk management

Task name
Priority
Status
Theme
Policy
Other requirements
Creating and maintaining incident response plans
Critical
High
Normal
Low
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Incident management
Incident management and response
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Creating and maintaining incident response plans
1. Task description

The organization should create and maintain incident response plans. The response plans should include at least:

  • Incident or the type of incident for which the plan has been made
  • Goal for plan
  • Responsible persons and related stakeholders and contact information
  • Planned immediate actions
  • Planned next steps
Defining security events and incidents
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Defining security events and incidents
1. Task description

Organisation must develop a clear, comprehensive definition of what constitutes a reportable security event or observation, ensuring it covers the following categories:

  • Personnel misconduct or misbehavior.
  • Intrusion, theft, unauthorized access to security zones, and vulnerabilities in security zones.
  • Cybersecurity incidents such as vulnerabilities in IT systems, and detected successful or unsuccessful cyber-attacks.
  • Supplier and partner incidents that could negatively impact the security of the organization.

Organisation must have a defined procedure for reporting of incidents and it should be communicated to the personnel:

  • Design and implement effective reporting mechanisms tailored to perceived risks.
  • Ensure these mechanisms are well communicated and accessible to all employees, stakeholders, and relevant parties to facilitate timely and accurate reporting of security events.
  • Conduct training sessions and awareness programs to ensure that all relevant employees and stakeholders understand the definition of reportable security events and are familiar with the reporting mechanisms.
Enabling asset-based risk management in the ISMS
Critical
High
Normal
Low
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Risk management
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Enabling asset-based risk management in the ISMS
1. Task description

The organisation must enable asset based risk management from the ISMS settings.

Asset-based risk management should be set to cover all needed asset types with high enough criticality. The asset based risk management should be used at least for:

  • System providers
  • Data systems
  • Data stores
  • Other stakeholders
  • Other assets
Monitoring the status of risk management
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Monitoring the status of risk management
1. Task description

Implemented risk management measures and the overall situation of risk management are checked regularly.

The operating model for monitoring the status of risk management is clearly described.

Continuous improvement of the risk management process
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Continuous improvement of the risk management process
1. Task description

The organization has an operating model for continuously improving the functionality and efficiency of the risk management process.

In the improvement, it is possible to use e.g. general standards (e.g. ISO 27005) or feedback from people involved in risk management.

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