The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is the EU’s firm directive that digital resilience is non-negotiable.
Fall short, and the consequences won’t be optional.
And while that might sound dramatic, the reality is that for financial institutions, DORA is as much about common sense as compliance.
iluminr can help you make sure you don’t just tick the DORA boxes—you build resilience in a way that’s practical, repeatable, and actually useful when things hit the fan.
So, What’s the Big Deal with DORA?
In a nutshell, DORA sets the standard for how financial entities in the EU (and beyond) prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from digital disruptions.
It covers:
✔ Risk management – Do you know where your weak spots are?
✔ Incident reporting – Because “We had a minor issue” isn’t going to cut it.
✔ Testing operational resilience – Real, ongoing preparedness.
✔ Third-party risk – No more blind trust in vendors.
Fail to meet these expectations, and you’re not just risking fines—you’re risking your reputation. And in today’s world, that’s the real currency.
Take the Pain Out of DORA Compliance
1. Learning by Doing Beats a 200-Page Policy
DORA requires regular testing of your digital resilience, but let’s be honest—traditional tabletop exercises are slow, expensive, and often ineffective. iluminr’s Microsimulations change the game by putting teams in fast-paced, real-world scenarios that force them to think, react, and improve—before an actual crisis strikes.
✔ Short, sharp, and engaging—so teams actually remember what to do.
✔ Tailored to DORA’s requirements—testing everything from cyber incidents to third-party failures.
✔ Data-driven insights—because improving your response should be more than a gut feeling.
2. Role-Based Training That Sticks
Not everyone in your organization needs the same training, and DORA recognizes that. iluminr makes it easy to deliver targeted, role-based training that ensures the right people develop the right skills—without wasting time on generic, one-size-fits-all sessions.
✔ Customized microsimulations for executives, risk managers, IT teams, and frontline employees.
✔ Adaptive learning that evolves based on performance, so training is always relevant.
✔ Real-world scenarios that match each role’s actual responsibilities, not just regulatory theory.
When a crisis happens, the last thing you need is people scrambling to remember what they skimmed in a compliance module six months ago.
3. Playbooks That Actually Get Used
DORA wants organizations to demonstrate that they have structured response and recovery plans—but that doesn’t mean your team should be scrambling through PDFs when chaos hits.
iluminr’s dynamic Playbooks bring those plans to life:
✔ Pre-built and customizable to match your specific regulatory requirements.
✔ Instantly actionable so that when an incident occurs, the right people know exactly what to do.
✔ Embedded where teams work—because if resilience isn’t accessible, it isn’t resilience.
4. Third-Party Risk? We’ve Got You Covered
With third-party providers playing a major role in digital infrastructure, DORA mandates that organizations keep a tight grip on vendor resilience. iluminr makes third-party risk assessments interactive and insightful with:
✔ Vendor-focused microsimulations—test your partners, not just your internal teams.
✔ Collaborative risk evaluations—because risk doesn’t stop at your firewall.
✔ Automated tracking of responses and improvements—so you can prove you’re doing your due diligence.
5. Compliance Reporting That are (Almost) Effortless
The most demanding part about DORA compliance isn’t just doing the work—it’s proving it. iluminr simplifies reporting with built-in analytics that track progress, measure resilience, and generate audit-ready reports on demand.
✔ Performance dashboards that provide real-time insights into resilience readiness.
✔ Automated compliance tracking so you’re never caught off guard when regulators come knocking.
✔ Incident response analysis that turns every disruption into a learning opportunity.
If you can’t measure resilience, you can’t improve it. And regulators definitely won’t take your word for it.
DORA Compliance That Feels More Like a Strategy
Regulations like DORA aren’t just about checking compliance boxes—they’re about making sure your organization can operate under pressure, recover fast, and maintain customer trust.
When the next cyberattack, system outage, or third-party failure happens, you don’t want to be the firm making excuses. You want to be the one that’s ready for anything.
Let’s make your digital resilience DORA-approved (without the pain). See iluminr in action.
