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13.03.2025

Nicole Fortunato analyses the challenges of DORA on the Privacy Expresso podcast

Nicole Fortunato, managing associate at Morais Leitão, took part in the latest episode of the Privacyespresso podcast, dedicated to compliance strategies in regulations such as NIS2, CRA, DORA and GDPR. In the conversation, the lawyer addressed the main challenges that financial institutions face in implementing the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

During the episode, Nicole Fortunato highlighted common mistakes that can jeopardise compliance with the regulation, including misinterpreting the scope of ICT services vis-à-vis outsourcing rules, non-compliance with localisation requirements and confusion between the data protection requirements of DORA and the GDPR. He also emphasised the importance of multidisciplinary compliance teams that include lawyers, IT professionals and risk management specialists.

Listen to the full episode "DORA - A compliance game-changer for financial institutions?"