AWS DORA Compliance Recommendation Tool

What is the AWS DORA Compliance Recommendation Tool?

The DORA Compliance Recommendation Tool (aka by AWS as ‘D-CAT‘) is an informational solution designed by AWS to help European Union financial entities evaluate their positioning relative to DORA requirements.

This structured assessment framework provides recommendations across DORA’s five key areas,

• ICT Risk Management
• ICT Incident Management
• Resilience Testing
• ICT Third Party Risk Management
• Information Sharing.

Through a systematic approach, D-CAT enables organizations to receive recommendations related to their DORA posture, delivering insights based on AWS services and best practices.

D-CAT & Financial Service Institutions

D-CAT supports financial service institutions by providing directional guidance to help navigate complex DORA requirements through a structured assessment process. The tool delivers informational value through gap analysis and recommendation options based on AWS best practices, helping organizations develop informed strategies for their compliance journey.

For Chief Information Security Officers, Compliance Officers, Risk Managers, and IT Directors, D-CAT offers a preliminary framework to better understand their positioning relative to DORA requirements.

While the tool provides valuable directional insights, all recommendations should be validated by organizations’ legal and compliance teams.

The tool’s structured approach helps financial institutions identify potential areas for improvement and consider compliance priorities, serving as one component in their broader DORA compliance preparation efforts.

Benefits of AWS DORA Compliance Recommendation Tool

• A full report with prioritised recommendations, business benefits, effort estimate and specific actions.
• A roadmap of recommendations for improvements: specific, detailed and focused on areas that will deliver the biggest impact.
• After remediation of risks, an improved AWS environment which more closely aligns with the DORA requirements.
• Staff knowledge: we help your team to establish and enhance DORA compliance habits, and reduce risks.

Below: Graphical extracts from an example D-CAT report. The full report contains prioritised recommendations, business benefits, effort estimate and specific actions.

Resilience, a Bexprt Superpower

The AWS DORA Compliance Recommendation Tool is just one part of Bexprt’s AWS Resilience capabilities.

• Discover more from Bexprt,
  • Resilience in the cloud
  • DORA Compliance with AWS: 7 action points to consider
  • Get in touch to arrange a convenient time to talk with the Bexprt team about your organisation’s needs.
• From AWS,
  • Read more about the AWS DORA Compliance Recommendation Tool [link to follow].
  • The AWS European Sovereign Cloud