Digital operational resilience testing

DORA Chapter IV: the testing programme, basic testing of ICT tools and systems, threat-led penetration testing and requirements for testers.

Article 24 Digital operational resilience testing programme

The risk-based testing programme every entity other than a microenterprise must run: independence of testers, remediation and validation of findings, and the yearly testing of all systems and applications supporting critical or important functions.

Article 25 Testing of ICT tools and systems

The menu of tests DORA expects in a testing programme, from vulnerability scans and source code review to scenario, performance and penetration tests, plus pre-deployment assessments for CSDs and CCPs and the approach for microenterprises.

Article 26 Threat-led penetration testing

Advanced testing of ICT tools, systems and processes based on threat-led penetration testing: who must run it, scope, testers, third-party providers, results and the supervisory attestation.

Article 27 Requirements for TLPT testers

Who may carry out threat-led penetration testing: suitability, expertise, certification or codes of conduct, assurance and insurance for testers, the extra conditions for internal testers, and the experience and reference minimums set by the TLPT RTS.

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