Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Lead Manager (PECB Certified) - Including Exam

This training course is intended for:

- Financial institutions executives and decision-makers
- Compliance officers and risk managers
- IT professionals
- Legal and regulatory affairs personnel
- Consultants and advisors specializing in financial regulation and cybersecurity

After completing this training course, you will be able to:

• Understand the purpose of DORA and interpret its requirements
• Understand the fundamentals of ICT risk management, incident management, and digital operational resilience
• Prepare and plan the implementation of DORA requirements
• Implement the five main pillars to enhance digital operational resilience in accordance with DORA’s requirements
• Review and continually improve the digital operational resilience of an organization

Day 1: Introduction to the concepts and requirements of DORA

Day 2: ICT-related risk and incident management

Day 3: ICT third-party risk management and information sharing

Day 4: Review and continual improvement

• The main requirement for participating in this training course is having a fundamental understanding of information security and cybersecurity concepts, and familiarity with ICT risk management principles.

The “PECB Certified DORA Lead Manager” exam meets the PECB Examination and Certification Program (ECP) requirements, and it covers the following competency domains:

• Domain 1: Fundamental concepts of ICT risk management and digital operational resilience
• Domain 2: Preparing and planning for DORA project implementation
• Domain 3: ICT risk and ICT-related incident management
• Domain 4: Digital operational resilience testing and ICT third-party risk management
• Domain 5: Review and continual improvement

After successfully passing the exam, you can apply for one of the credentials listed below. The certificate will be issued once all requirements related to the selected credential are met.

The certification requirements are as follows:

PECB Certified DORA Provisional Manager

• Exam: PECB Certified DORA Lead Manager exam or equivalent
• Professional experience: None required
• Risk management experience: None required
• Other requirements: Signing the PECB Code of Ethics

PECB Certified DORA Manager

• Exam: PECB Certified DORA Lead Manager exam or equivalent
• Professional experience: Two years, including one year of work experience in ICT risk management
• Risk management experience: Project activities totaling 200 hours
• Other requirements: Signing the PECB Code of Ethics

PECB Certified DORA Lead Manager

• Exam: PECB Certified DORA Lead Manager exam or equivalent
• Professional experience: Five years, including two years of work experience in ICT risk management
• Risk management experience: Project activities totaling 300 hours
• Other requirements: Signing the PECB Code of Ethics

PECB Certified DORA Senior Lead Manager

• Exam: PECB Certified DORA Lead Manager exam or equivalent
• Professional experience: Ten years, including seven years of work experience in ICT risk management
• Risk management experience: Project activities totaling 1,000 hours
• Other requirements: Signing the PECB Code of Ethics

The ICT risk management activities should follow best practices and include the following:

• Drafting a DORA implementation business case
• Managing a DORA implementation project
• Implementing an ICT risk management framework
• Managing documented information
• Implementing corrective actions
• Monitoring and improving the performance of the ICT risk management framework

Educational approach

- The training course incorporates interactive elements, such as essay-type exercises and multiple-choice quizzes, some of which are scenario-based.
- Participants are strongly encouraged to communicate and engage in discussions.
The quizzes are designed in a manner that closely resembles the format of the certification exam.

General Information

- Certification and examination fees are included in the price of the training course
- Participants will receive the training course material containing over 450 pages of explanatory information, examples, best practices, exercises, and quizzes.
- An attestation of course completion worth 31 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) credits will be issued to the participants who have attended the training course.
- In case you fail the exam, you are eligible to retake the exam within a 12-month period from the date the coupon code is received.