DORA Compliance Software Options And Use Cases

DORA entered into application on January 17, 2025, and since then, DORA compliance software, such as Spektion, has become an essential part of many DORA-compliant workflows.

However, in this article, we go beyond just one software solution and round up the most common DORA compliance software categories that covered entities are currently using. We also examine what they excel at and how they come together in the context of DORA compliance.

The DORA Compliance Software Stack

DORA compliance will either be business as usual for a covered organisation or a significant leap in its capability across threat detection and response, cyber resilience, and, especially, third-party risk management (TPRM).

There are dozens of different vendor options for this task.

Ultimately, none will solve the challenge of becoming “DORA compliant” alone; however, there is a commonality in the software that successful entities use. Below, we’ve created a guide to the kind of “ideal” DORA compliance software stack that a covered entity might use and how each software solution fits into the DORA compliance journey.

Here’s the DORA compliance software stack: the tools, their functions, and how they fit into a DORA program. However, as a general rule, we advise companies to maintain governance in GRC, ensure truth in runtime, and make everything exportable as evidence.

Runtime Vulnerability Management (RVM), Such as Spektion

Runtime Vulnerability Management (RVM) is DORA compliance software that observes the behavior of installed and third-party software (e.g., egress, privileges, data access), establishes baselines for normal behavior, flags potential exploit paths, maps to MITRE ATT&CK, and verifies controls in production. This enables proportional oversight, contract enforceability, concentration view, and exit proof with audit-ready telemetry.

RVM tools, such as Spektion, can also detect and prioritize risks with or without CVEs and misconfigurations across installed software applications, including third-party software.

SBOM/SCA tools

Used to inventory components and licences and identify vulnerable libraries and supply-chain risk. Provides supplier transparency and version-change tracking. Also useful in DORA as evidence for Article 30 diligence and as triggers for post-update runtime validation.

EASM

In DORA, external attack surface management is used to discover and monitor internet-facing assets, exposed services, and perimeter drift. Provides a fast signal for remediation and prioritization. Also valuable in DORA as scope input for DORA testing and early warning of third-party attack-surface changes.

CSPM/CNAPP

Used to monitor cloud configuration posture and identity/drift in IaaS/PaaS/K8s. Provides cloud-control evidence and misconfiguration reduction. Also useful in DORA as inputs for resilience testing and incident severity assessment.

DSPM/DLP

For discovering sensitive data, map lineage, and enforce exposure policies across cloud/SaaS. Provides visibility into where regulated data lives and who can access it. Also useful in DORA as inputs to impact classification, geographic obligations, and exit verification for data return/destruction.

Observability/APM + central logging solutions.

These are used by DORA teams to collect traces, metrics, and logs with long-term retention. Provides performance/SLA baselines and incident timelines. Also useful in DORA as primary evidence for “what happened/what changed” across the period.

SIEM + SOAR

For DORA compliance, threat detection and response tools correlate detections, automate playbooks, and preserve incident artifacts. They also provide time-bounded narratives and response proof. Also useful in DORA as the backbone for incident classification, notification clocks, and regulator package assembly.

EDR/XDR

Another level of detection and response control that detects and responds to endpoint/workload threats, contains activity, and supports forensics. Provides host-level evidence and remediation tracking. Also useful in DORA as validation that operational controls are effective and as input to incident severity and lessons learned.

IAM/IdP + MFA

Basic identity controls that must be in place to authenticate users/services and enforce SSO and conditional access. Provides identity evidence and reduces blast radius. In DORA, this can be used as control proof for access obligations and as baselines for SLA and incident-notice terms.

PAM

Another identity control for privileged accounts/sessions with just-in-time access and recordings. Provides least-privilege enforcement and auditable session evidence in DORA as objective termination triggers and verification during exit/cutover events.

IGA

Used to govern entitlements and automate joiner-mover-leaver and access reviews. Provides continuous assurance that access matches policy. Used as standing evidence for governance cadence and remediation of access drift.

Secrets management/KMS

DORA teams use these controls to store and rotate keys, tokens, and certificates with usage logs. Provides cryptographic control evidence and stops hard-coded secrets. Also useful in DORA as proof of data-handling obligations and secure decommission during vendor exits.

Backup/DR orchestration

These kinds of controls create immutable backups, test RTO/RPO, and automate failover. Provides recoverability proof and resilience metrics. Also useful in DORA as direct evidence for operational resilience and scenarios for “appropriate” testing.

DORA reporting automation solutions

These are used to classify incidents and manage thresholds, templates, and deadlines. Provides consistent, on-clock submissions with linked evidence. Also useful in DORA reporting as the final mile that packages telemetry and approvals into regulator-ready notices.