
Description: Introduces the purpose, vision, and real-world impact of EU cyber regulations, emphasizing resilience beyond compliance.
Outcomes: Understand how DORA and NIS2 reshape risk governance and why operational resilience is a board priority.
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Description: Compares both frameworks and their complementary goals in finance and critical infrastructure sectors.
Outcomes: Differentiate scope, obligations, and reporting requirements of DORA versus NIS2.
Description: Explains the roles of EU and national authorities in oversight, enforcement, and cross-sector coordination.
Outcomes: Identify which regulators apply to your organization and how reporting channels are structured.
Description: Provides a step-by-step method to determine whether your organization qualifies as in-scope under DORA or NIS2.
Outcomes: Perform a proportionality assessment and define compliance obligations accurately.
Description: Explores DORA’s 58 articles, key entities, and regulatory pillars connecting governance, testing, and risk.
Outcomes: Map DORA’s core structure and identify applicable obligations.
Description: Defines board-level responsibilities, escalation paths, and CISO oversight requirements.
Outcomes: Build governance mechanisms for senior accountability and oversight.
Description: Details the components of ICT risk policies, risk tolerance, and control mapping.
Outcomes: Design a compliant ICT risk management framework.
Description: Breaks down DORA’s three-tier classification and required notification procedures.
Outcomes: Implement a repeatable incident reporting workflow.
Explains the threat-led penetration testing approach and lessons from TIBER-EU.
Outcomes: Design a TLPT program with realistic testing cadence.
Covers critical service mapping, impact tolerances, and recovery planning.
Outcomes: Build playbooks aligning cyber and continuity functions.
Description: Traces evolution from NIS1 to NIS2 and introduces its broader scope.
Outcomes: Explain NIS2’s expanded coverage and governance model.
Description: Reviews personal accountability of executives and mandatory training.
Outcomes: Build C-level awareness and oversight frameworks.
Description: Details how to engage national CSIRTs and coordinate cross-border reporting.
Outcomes: Establish reporting flows and escalation paths.
Examines penalties, audit powers, and compliance verification methods.
Outcomes: Develop internal controls to mitigate enforcement risk.
Discusses how member states transpose NIS2 and its national variations.
Outcomes: Adapt compliance programs to national regulatory nuances.
Description: Explains criteria for classifying critical providers and systemic risk factors.
Outcomes: Identify critical vendors using DORA Article 28 indicators.
Description: Shows how to maintain provider registers and monitor dependency levels.
Outcomes: Build and maintain a third-party concentration map.
Description: Lists mandatory security and continuity clauses for vendor contracts.
Outcomes: Draft DORA-aligned ICT contractual terms.
Description: Defines how to monitor provider performance and manage exits safely.
Outcomes: Implement ongoing monitoring and termination plans.
Description: Outlines unique obligations for cloud outsourcing and data sovereignty.
Outcomes: Apply cloud-specific compliance and resilience measures.
Description: Explains how to structure third-party risk teams and accountability models.
Outcomes: Create a RACI matrix to operationalize TPRM.
Description: Provides a mapping guide between regulatory clauses and standard controls.
Outcomes: Align audit evidence and controls across frameworks.
Description: Shows how to merge DORA/NIS2 requirements into enterprise policies.
Outcomes: Create integrated policy hierarchies.
Description: Details documentation structure, versioning, and traceability links.
Outcomes: Build an evidence library supporting multi-framework audits.
Description: Demonstrates how to identify and remediate control gaps.
Outcomes: Develop actionable POA&M plans.
Description: Prepares learners for supervisory reviews and document validation.
Outcomes: Identify evidence types that regulators prioritize.
Description: Techniques for translating compliance into board reports.
Outcomes: Communicate audit results effectively to executives.
Description: Builds performance indicators for resilience oversight.
Outcomes: Develop dashboards linking control health to strategy.
Description: Walkthrough of audit scoping, sampling, and non-conformity handling.
Outcomes: Plan and execute audits measuring control effectiveness.
Description: Illustrates testing procedures and evidence validation methods.
Outcomes: Conduct structured interviews and document audit trails.
Description: Guides post-audit remediation, ownership, and closure documentation.
Outcomes: Manage non-conformities to regulatory satisfaction.
Description: Explains how to sustain ongoing DORA/NIS2 compliance through scheduling.
Outcomes: Build a recurring compliance activity plan.
Description: Reviews automation tools for evidence management and audit readiness.
Outcomes: Implement digital systems for continuous compliance.
Description: Discusses cyclical testing and feedback integration.
Outcomes: Establish lessons-learned processes for improvement.
Description: Dissects a realistic compliance project from initiation to audit.
Outcomes: Apply lessons from practical implementation challenges.
Description: Reviews upcoming EU acts that will shape future compliance.
Outcomes: Anticipate regulatory convergence and prepare adaptation plans.
Description: Final synthesis exercise integrating DORA and NIS2 elements into one plan.
Outcomes: Produce a personalized, phased roadmap demonstrating compliance maturity.
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
This masterclass equips professionals in finance, critical infrastructure, and digital services with practical skills to implement the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and NIS2 Directive. It explains how these regulations reshape governance, ICT risk management, incident reporting, and third-party oversight across the EU. Participants learn how to integrate DORA and NIS2 into existing ISO 27001 and NIST CSF programs, design resilience testing, and build regulatory-ready documentation.
By the end, learners will confidently translate compliance mandates into technical and operational controls that strengthen organizational resilience and demonstrate due diligence to regulators and boards alike.
Unlock the future of cyber resilience in the EU with the DORA & NIS2 Compliance Masterclass: Building Cyber-Resilient Operations in the EU. As regulatory landscapes rapidly evolve, organizations across finance, critical infrastructure, and digital services must rise to the challenge of safeguarding their digital operations. This comprehensive online masterclass delivers everything you need to navigate, implement, and exceed the requirements of the new Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and NIS2 Directive.
Guided by industry experts, you’ll gain hands-on, practical skills to translate complex compliance mandates into effective technical and operational controls. Discover how DORA and NIS2 reshape governance, risk management, incident reporting, and third-party oversight—then learn to harmonize these requirements with your existing ISO 27001 and NIST CSF programs. Through real-world scenarios, actionable templates, and step-by-step guidance, you’ll leave ready to design robust resilience testing, build audit-ready documentation, and confidently demonstrate compliance to regulators and boards.
Build your organization’s cyber resilience, future-proof your career, and become a trusted leader in the new era of EU operational risk management.
What You Will Learn
Understand the scope, requirements, and strategic impact of DORA and NIS2 on EU organizations
Map DORA and NIS2 mandates to your existing ISO 27001 and NIST CSF frameworks for seamless integration
Design and implement effective ICT risk management and governance structures aligned with new regulations
Develop robust incident response and reporting processes that satisfy DORA and NIS2 obligations
Establish comprehensive third-party risk management and oversight for ICT and digital supply chains
Plan, execute, and document operational resilience testing in line with regulatory expectations
Create and maintain regulatory-ready documentation, policies, and evidence for audit and supervisory review
Confidently communicate compliance status and risk posture to boards, regulators, and key stakeholders
Demonstrate organizational due diligence and proactive risk management to ensure business continuity
Enroll today and take the first step toward mastering DORA and NIS2 compliance.