Business Continuity & DOR Testing

Business Continuity & DOR Testing

Fully DORA-compliant training under Article 13(6) and Article 5(2)(g) DORA – available as Open Seminar, In-House Training, Webinar and SCORM-compatible E-Learning.

Overview: Business Continuity & DOR Testing

The Business Continuity & DOR Testing training covers two core elements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA):

  1. Understanding ICT Business Continuity (BCP) within DORA’s operational resilience framework, and
  2. Executing DORA-compliant resilience testing, including scenario-based exercises, operational drills and lessons-learnt processes.

Under Article 13(6), financial entities must ensure that staff participating in continuity processes and resilience tests receive adequate training. Under Article 5(2)(g), the management body must ensure that business continuity arrangements and testing requirements are understood throughout the organisation.

This course provides practical, role-based guidance to ensure teams understand how continuity, testing and crisis-response functions interact – and how these disciplines support regulatory compliance and operational stability.

We offer the training in four fully audit-ready formats:

  • Seminar
  • In-House Training
  • Webinar
  • E-Learning (SCORM)

Why Do You Need Business Continuity & DOR Testing Training?

DORA mandates that financial entities regularly test their digital operational resilience through ICT-BCP exercises, scenario simulations, operational stress tests and post-incident reviews.

This training enables your teams to:

  • understand how ICT-BCP fits into the overall resilience framework
  • activate and follow continuity procedures during disruptions
  • participate effectively in DORA testing cycles (Table-Top, Simulation, Live Test)
  • ensure data integrity and safe fallback procedures
  • contribute to scenario planning and risk-based test design
  • provide meaningful input to lessons-learnt assessments
  • support management body oversight and compliance
  • document all activities for audit and supervisory review

Training Content: Business Continuity & DOR Testing

ICT Business Continuity Under DORA

  • Regulatory purpose and structure of DORA (Articles 11 and 13)
  • Relationship between ICT-BCP, operational resilience and incident response
  • Critical function mapping, dependencies and recovery prioritisation
  • When ICT-BCP is activated: triggers, thresholds and escalation paths

Execution of Continuity Procedures

  • Emergency steps, fallback instructions and communication rules
  • Coordinating with ICT, business units, BCM, risk and security
  • Maintaining stability during partial or full system outages
  • Practical examples of continuity activation

DORA Testing Requirements

  • Annual testing obligations under Article 11 DORA
  • Test types:
    • Table-top and discussion-based exercises
    • Communication tests, fail-over tests and switch-over drills
    • Scenario-based simulations and operational stress tests
  • Risk-based test planning and criticality-based test frequency
  • Involvement of ICT, business owners, senior management and third parties

Scenario Design & Resilience Exercises

  • Defining realistic incident and outage scenarios
  • Identifying cross-functional dependencies
  • Incorporating cyber, operational and third-party failure components
  • Recording decisions, timings and evidence for post-exercise analysis

Lessons Learnt & Continuous Improvement

  • Conducting post-test reviews
  • Identifying weaknesses and process improvements
  • Creating remediation plans and reporting to the management body
  • Integrating findings into future training and testing cycles

Training Formats

Seminar

Ideal for individual participants or small teams.

  • One-day intensive programme
  • Delivered in premium seminar hotels
  • Includes certificate and full audit documentation
  • Features interactive scenarios and test-design exercises

In-House Training

Tailored to your ICT environment, continuity plan and testing framework.

  • Custom examples and scenarios based on your infrastructure
  • Delivered on-site or hybrid
  • Includes full documentation package for audits and DORA reviews

Webinar

Flexible, cost-effective and highly engaging.

  • Live Q&A, polls and scenario demonstrations
  • Ideal for distributed and international teams
  • Optional knowledge assessment and certificate

E-Learning

Perfect for organisation-wide and recurring annual rollouts.

  • Self-paced module with built-in assessments
  • Automated tracking of completion for compliance and internal audit
  • Certificate and LMS-based audit trail
  • Accessible, scalable and easy to integrate

Who Should Attend?

This training is essential for:

  • ICT operations and engineering
  • Business Continuity Management
  • Cybersecurity and incident response teams
  • Operational risk and control functions
  • Crisis management teams
  • Business owners of critical or important functions
  • Senior management and supervisory functions
  • Payment institutions, banks, EMIs, insurers, investment firms, custodians and fund administrators

Audit-Ready Documentation Included

Each training format includes:

  • Attendance and participation records
  • Assessment results (optional)
  • Version-controlled training materials
  • Completion tracking and non-completion documentation
  • Annual training plan and evidence package

Why Choose Leitner & Associates?

  • Fully aligned with Articles 5–13 and 23–26 DORA
  • Practical frameworks for continuity and testing
  • Delivered by experienced DORA and operational resilience specialists
  • SCORM e-learning for scalable enterprise deployment
  • Comprehensive audit documentation included
  • Immediately usable for annual mandatory training cycles

Request an Offer

Request your customised offer for Business Continuity & DOR Testing as an Open Seminar, In-House Training, Webinar or SCORM-compatible E-Learning at:
📧 offer@digital-operational-resilience.net