As of January 2025, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is mandatory, but 2026 shows: the real challenge is only just beginning. Financial institutions are increasingly the focus of intensive DORA checks (On-Site Inspections, OSI). Many organisations have developed concepts and documentation. However, the supervisory authorities are now assessing something else: actual operational effectiveness.<\/p>\n
Experienced audit teams analyse IT and governance structures in detail. The focus is not solely on policies, but also, and especially, on their implementation. The result: 60 to over 100 findings per audit are not unusual.<\/p>\n
This particularly affects:<\/p>\n
Partner<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>\n\t \u201eDORA is currently failing in terms of operational effectiveness. We are currently seeing that it's not a lack of concepts that is the problem, but the lack of consistency in implementation\u201c, explains Alexander Wolf, Partner and Industry Lead for Financial Services at AdEx Partners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t The biggest challenges currently lie in the interplay of various issues:<\/p>\n Our experience shows that auditors primarily test actual management. Therefore, OSI findings arise mainly where responsibility is not clearly established. Central to this context is demonstrable control capability throughout the entire organization.<\/p>\n Partner<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>\n\t \u201eDie meisten DORA-Programme sind audit-ready, aber nicht steuerungsf\u00e4hig“, wei\u00df Harry Neumann, Partner and Financial Services Expert at AdEx Partners<\/strong>. \u201eClear roles, robust registers, functioning control mechanisms, and auditable governance are needed here.\u201c<\/p>\n\t We<\/p>\n So you can face your DORA review with a better feeling and more confidence.<\/p>\n\t Acting now means: less risk, better controllability, and sustainable resilience.<\/p>\n Speak with our experts Harry Neumann and Alexander Wolf.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tContact\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t Partner<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>\n \n Alexander Wolf \n Partner<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DORA has been implemented, but audits show that effectiveness in operation is crucial. We support financial institutions in establishing their DORA governance in an audit-proof manner, specifically avoiding findings, and building sustainable resilience.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_title":"DORA-Pr\u00fcfung 2026: Ist Ihre Organisation bereit?","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"DORA ist umgesetzt, doch Pr\u00fcfungen zeigen gro\u00dfe L\u00fccken. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie Ihre DORA-Steuerung wirksam und pr\u00fcfungsfest aufstellen.","_pipeline_managed":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40,41],"tags":[208,209,206,201,203,202,204,207,205,210],"class_list":["post-6765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industries","category-services","tag-dora-2026","tag-dora-compliance","tag-dora-eu","tag-dora-fuer-banken","tag-dora-fuer-finanzdienstleister","tag-dora-fuer-versicherungen","tag-dora-it-dienstleister-regulierung","tag-dora-pruefung","tag-dora-verordnung","tag-financial-services"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6765"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6869,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions\/6869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Where do the greatest DORA risks arise?<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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What makes a DORA control truly audit-proof?<\/strong><\/h3>\nA resilient DORA operating model goes far beyond compliance.
\nCrucial are:\n\n
AdEx Partners supports DORA implementation by:<\/h3>\n
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DORA Audit: Act Now!<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Your Contact<\/h4>\n \n Harry Neumann \n