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DORA#

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DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) is a European Union regulation designed to ensure the resilience of financial entities against operational disruptions and cyber threats. SAAP plays a critical role in enabling compliance with DORA by leveraging Kubernetes features and configurations to address its requirements.

  • Total Articles in DORA: 5
  • Key Provisions in DORA: Multiple detailed requirements across areas such as ICT risk management, incident response, and third-party risk management.

Provisions Addressed by SAAP#

SAAP facilitates the implementation of critical provisions enforceable through Kubernetes configurations and features. These include:

  • ICT Risk Management Framework: Leveraging Kubernetes features such as Pod Security Standards (PSS), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and audit logging to establish a robust ICT risk management framework.
  • Incident Response and Recovery: Providing monitoring, logging, and disaster recovery capabilities using Kubernetes-native and compatible solutions for observability and backup.
  • Operational Resilience Testing: Supporting resilience testing through tools and practices that align with chaos engineering principles and load testing methodologies.
  • Third-Party Risk Management: Enforcing network isolation with Kubernetes NetworkPolicies and validating compliance through policy enforcement mechanisms.
  • Information Sharing: Enabling secure data exchange via encryption, secure storage practices, and secrets management within Kubernetes.

SAAP addresses a substantial number of DORA provisions, empowering financial entities to align their Kubernetes-based workloads with regulatory requirements. By focusing on technical measures and leveraging Kubernetes capabilities, SAAP simplifies the path to operational resilience and compliance.