DORA Article 8 requires ICT risk management controls. Your Linux estate is the exposure point.
Mandatory since January 2025 with no transition period. Our audit identifies ICT risk management gaps across your Linux infrastructure and delivers the evidence regulators require for DORA compliance.
Why DORA Changes the Bar for Linux Identity
- DORA Article 8 mandates a comprehensive ICT risk management framework with demonstrable controls over identity, access, and system configuration — Linux servers hosting core financial infrastructure are the primary control gap.
- Article 10 requires financial entities to have detection mechanisms for anomalous activity. Without continuous privilege monitoring on Linux systems, detecting unauthorized access escalation is impossible.
- Service account proliferation in financial infrastructure creates a chronic blind spot: accounts created for one-time integrations, vendor access, or legacy systems accumulate privileges without governance, violating DORA access control principles.
- DORA requires entities to produce audit evidence for supervisory authorities — the EBA, ESMA, and national competent authorities — demonstrating that ICT risk management controls are continuously effective, not just documented.
- DORA has been mandatory since January 17, 2025 with no transition period. Supervisory assessments are underway across EU financial entities; absence of Linux identity governance evidence is a material finding.
How Our Audit Addresses DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) Requirements
Every audit finding is mapped to specific DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) controls, providing direct compliance evidence for your regulatory submissions.
| Article / Requirement | What It Mandates | How the Audit Covers It |
|---|---|---|
| Article 8 | ICT risk management framework | Complete Linux identity and privilege inventory with risk classification mapped to ICT risk management requirements |
| Article 9 | Protection and prevention measures | Assessment of access control configurations, privilege separation, and least-privilege implementation across Linux estate |
| Article 10 | Detection of anomalous activities | Identification of privilege drift patterns and undocumented access changes that would evade standard detection mechanisms |
| Article 13 | ICT third-party risk management | Audit of vendor and service account privileges identifying third-party access that exceeds authorized scope |
Deliverables for DORA Programs
- Identity & Privilege Inventory — Every user, group, sudo rule, SSH key, and service account across your Linux estate, showing who can do what
- Risk-Scored Findings Report — Prioritized findings based on real exploit patterns, highlighting the privilege paths attackers would use first
- Compliance Evidence Package — Identity governance gaps mapped to DORA Articles 8, 9, 10, and 13 with remediation guidance
- Prioritized Remediation Plan — Phased plan to reduce privilege drift and move toward least-privilege, with a zero trust alignment overlay where applicable
- Board-Ready Executive Summary — Executive summary for boards and a technical deep-dive for your security team
How It Works
Discovery & Scoping
Week 1Align scope, identify in-scope systems, and establish secure data access. Stakeholder interviews set priorities and compliance requirements.
Identity & Privilege Mapping (Weeks 1-2)
Deploy lightweight, read-only collectors to gather Linux identity and privilege data across your estate. Users, groups, sudo rules, SSH keys, PAM configurations, and service accounts.
Security & Compliance Assessment (Weeks 2-3)
Build privilege paths, identify drift patterns, and map identity governance gaps to compliance framework controls (NIS2, DORA, CIS, NIST, SOC 2, PCI DSS). Score risks based on real exploit patterns.
Reporting & Remediation
Week 4Deliver the identity and privilege map, risk report, compliance gap analysis, and least-privilege roadmap. Two readouts: executive summary and technical deep-dive.