Preamble
Recitals 106
Chapter I - General provisions (Article 1-4) 4
Chapter II - ICT risk management (Article 5-16) 12
Chapter III - ICT-related incident management, classification and reporting (Article 17-23) 7
Chapter IV - Digital operational resilience testing (Article 24-27) 4
Chapter V - Managing of ICT third-party risk (Article 28-44) 17
Chapter VI - Information-sharing arrangements (Article 45) 1
Chapter VII - Competent authorities (Article 46-56) 11
Chapter VIII - Delegated acts (Article 57) 1
Chapter IX - Transitional and final provisions (Article 58-64) 7

threat-led penetration testing (TLPT)

Definitions over time (1)

16/01/2023 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 3, Digital operational Resilience Act (DORA) Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

‘threat-led penetration testing (TLPT)’ means a framework that mimics the tactics, techniques and procedures of real-life threat actors perceived as posing a genuine cyber threat, that delivers a controlled, bespoke, intelligence-led (red team) test of the financial entity’s critical live production systems;