DORA Copilot for CISOs and resilience leaders
Own the Article 6 ICT risk-management framework under Article 5 board accountability.
What a CISO needs from DORA
- Operate the Article 6 ICT risk-management framework under Article 5 management-body responsibility
- Define a board reporting cadence the management body expects
- Apply DORA incident classification thresholds consistently
- Connect resilience testing results back to the framework
- Map DORA to ISO 27001 and NIS 2 to avoid duplicate work
- Produce board-ready resilience summaries
DORA's board-accountability model and the CISO's reporting line
DORA does not leave ICT risk with the security team alone. Article 5 makes the management body responsible for the ICT risk-management framework defined in Article 6 — it must approve the framework, oversee its implementation, and bear ultimate accountability for digital operational resilience. For a CISO that defines the reporting line: you own the Article 6 framework operationally and report up on a cadence the board can act on. Two things make that cadence concrete — DORA's incident classification thresholds, which determine when an ICT-related incident becomes a major incident requiring escalation and regulatory notification, and the periodic review the framework itself demands. ISMS Copilot helps you operate the Article 6 framework, decide what the board needs to see and when under its Article 5 duties, and apply the classification thresholds so escalation is consistent rather than judged case by case.
Explore the DORA Copilot →Scope confirmation before the Article 6 framework
The Article 6 framework you report to the board only matters if the entity is in scope. The free DORA Applicability Checker gives you a deterministic Regulation 2022/2554 scope result you can put in front of the management body as the precondition to everything else — a starting fact, not a substitute for the framework work.
Open the free DORA Applicability Checker →Frequently Asked Questions
What does Article 5 of DORA require?
Article 5 makes the management body responsible for the ICT risk-management framework that Article 6 defines — it must approve the framework, oversee its implementation, and hold ultimate accountability for digital operational resilience.
How does ISMS Copilot help with incident classification?
It helps you apply DORA's classification thresholds so you can consistently decide when an ICT-related incident is major and triggers escalation and regulatory notification.
What board reporting cadence does DORA expect?
Under Article 5 the management body must actively keep the Article 6 ICT risk-management framework under review, which in practice means periodic reporting up to the board. ISMS Copilot helps you scope what the board needs to see and how often.
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