PECB Certified Course: DORA Foundation

Understand DORA's foundations for ICT risk management and digital operational resilience.

This Foundation course introduces the concepts, responsibilities and principal requirements of the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act. It explains how financial entities address ICT risk, incidents, resilience testing, third-party technology risk and information sharing within an operational-resilience framework.

Course at a glance

• Provider and awarding body: PECB.
• Learning format: PECB Self-Study (official course materials).
• Language: English.
• Level: Foundation.
• Examination and certification-application cycle: 12 months from purchase for the first examination attempt, the included free retake if needed, and the certification application.

What this course includes

• More than 150 pages of official PECB instructional materials containing explanations, guidance and practical examples.
• The first examination attempt and one free retake.
• The certification-application fee and the first year of the Annual Maintenance Fee, where applicable.
• A course-completion attestation worth 14 CPD credits, separate from the PECB professional credential.

What you will learn

After completing the course, the learner should be able to:

• describe DORA concepts and digital-resilience principles;
• explain the principal ICT risk-management requirements;
• identify actions an organization may use to support DORA compliance.

Who this course is for

• Managers and consultants seeking an introduction to DORA.
• Financial-sector cybersecurity and operational-resilience professionals.
• Risk and compliance officers and third-party ICT-risk owners.
• People supporting an organization's DORA compliance work.

Prerequisites: PECB states that no prerequisites apply to this Foundation course.

Course outline

• Introduction to the concepts and requirements of DORA
• DORA requirements and certificate exam

Exam and credential pathway

The exam covers fundamental ICT risk-management and digital-resilience concepts and DORA requirements for an ICT risk-management framework.

After passing the exam, the candidate may apply for the PECB Certificate Holder in DORA Foundation designation. The official Foundation pathway lists no professional or project-experience requirement, while application and ethics requirements remain applicable.

Course completion, examination success, certification application and credential issuance are separate stages; the credential is not issued automatically.

For official course details, see the PECB DORA Foundation page.

Access and activation

The 12-month period for the first examination, included free retake and certification application begins on the purchase date.

Each order covers one learner. Wadi Solutions begins processing the PECB registration within one business day, and activation details are sent to the learner's email. Required enrolment details are shared with PECB for activation.

Continue your learning path

• DORA Lead Manager

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