Cybersecurity & DORA

Financial cybersecurity Netherlands, but without the BS.

Digital-only banks, open banking, real-time payments, trading platforms, online insurance, and embedded finance: everything relies on ICT. At the same time, the bar for digital resilience has never been higher.

DORA & ICT risk managementBanking, FinTech & insurancePentests, red teaming & SOC

> The pressure on digital resilience in the financial sector

The financial sector has always had to take security seriously, but the pressure is only increasing. More digital channels, more regulations, more third parties – and more attackers exploiting them.

Hundreds of publicly known incidents per year in the European financial sector.
A mix of ransomware, data exfiltration, fraud, and supply-chain attacks.
Increasing pressure on third parties and cloud providers that sit “underneath” the financial chain.

Many parties search for financial cybersecurity Netherlands, but end up with generic consultancy. You want to be found on DORA compliance financial and concrete banking security solutions – with technical depth.

> DORA: not a guideline, but hard EU regulation

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is not a vague framework, but direct EU legislation that impacts financials:

Entered into force: 16 January 2023.
Applicable to financial entities: from 17 January 2025.

DORA focuses on, among others:

ICT risk management.
ICT incidents: detection, reporting, lessons learned.
Periodic testing of digital resilience (threat-led tests, red teaming, scenarios).
Risks of (critical) third parties: cloud, SaaS, processors, MFT, core banking platforms.
Information sharing on cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

On top of that, EBA frameworks continue to apply, such as the Guidelines on ICT & security risk management and the Guidelines on outsourcing arrangements. It is no longer about “did I have a pentest this year?”, but about an integral framework for digital resilience.

> Typical issues at banks, insurers, and fintechs

Whether you are an established bank or a fast-growing fintech:

Legacy core banking or insurance systems with API layers on top.
Shadow IT in cloud (POCs, experimental pipelines) where money flows through later.
Complex chains with processors, PSPs, regtech, KYC, and screening providers.
MFT/file transfer solutions that are business-critical but not DORA-compliant.
Policies and risk frameworks on paper that do not match what engineers do daily.

DORA makes all those gaps suddenly audit- and penalty-relevant.

> How Neo Security & Korper help the financial sector

We combine the offensive and defensive expertise of Neo Security with the automation and MFT knowledge of Korper. Result: not just a report, but a working set of banking security solutions.

1. DORA gap analysis & governance

We do not start with tooling, but with the question: how far are you now compared to DORA?

Mapping of existing ICT risk processes against DORA requirements.
Assessment of governance, roles (CISO, CIO, risk, internal audit), reporting lines.
Review of policies around ICT incidents, testing, third parties, threat intel, and scenarios.
Concrete gap analysis with priorities, owners and an actionable improvement plan.

DORA compliance financial is not one project, but a set of structural capabilities. We explain what is necessary, what is wise, and what is mostly noise.

More about governance: governance & compliance and CISO-as-a-Service / vCISO.

2. Pentests, red teaming & DORA testing obligations

DORA requires periodic testing of digital resilience – not only in IT, but also in critical processes and chains.

Penetration testing on client portals, APIs, trading environments, mobile apps, and internal environments. More about pentests: penetration testing
Red team operations with financial scenarios (fraud, data exfil, privilege escalation, chain compromise). More about red teaming: red team operations
Purple teaming: working directly with your SOC/blue team to tune detections and playbooks. See also Blue Team-as-a-Service.

Goal: fulfil DORA testing obligations in a way that actually makes you better – not just a checkbox.

3. Third-party & MFT risks: from paper to technical controls

DORA and the EBA guidelines emphasise critical third parties and outsourcing: cloud, SaaS, MFT, core banking services, and process outsourcing.

Inventory of critical ICT and MFT chains.
Assessment of encryption, logging, NIST/FIPS alignment, and audit trail on MFT solutions such as GoAnywhere MFT.
Setup of secure file transfer for batch payments, regulatory reporting, and partner exchanges.
Linking to your risk register, outsourcing register (EBA), and DORA third-party framework.

More about MFT: GoAnywhere MFT by Neo Security & Korper and security tooling.

4. 24/7 monitoring, incident response & threat intelligence

DORA expects you to detect, analyse, report, and structurally learn from ICT incidents. Responding is not just a solution, but a process. And that is where we can help you.

Managed SOC / 24/7 monitoring with financial use-cases (fraud, privilege misuse, data exfil, API abuse). More about SOC: managed SOC
Incident Response with clear SLAs, including forensics and guidance towards DNB/AFM (where needed). More about response: incident response
Threat intelligence & dark web monitoring targeting the financial sector (credentials, API keys, card/data dumps). Often organisations do not realise that data is frequently leaked from personal devices (such as laptops). We offer a dark web monitoring service that directly informs you when such data is being traded. And in the European way. This data is not paid for. Our partner is so deeply infiltrated in these marketplaces that we can do this ethically.Want to know more? Read here Monitoring infostealer and data trading platforms.and here you can read more about the benefit of one central collection point for threat intelligence. Threat Brain.

Incident reports are linked back to your DORA framework: which controls failed and what needs to change structurally?

> Why financial institutions work with Neo Security & Korper

We are not a generic consultancy.
We come from engineering: infra, automation, MFT, security. We understand how your environment really works – not just on an architecture slide.
Offense + defense + compliance in one story.
From pentest/red team to SOC and DORA governance: one line, one set of priorities, no separate silos.
Not with fear, but with facts.
No FUD about “cyberwar”, but concrete findings, risks in context, and choices you need to make now. The rest we park – but consciously.
Neo Security as security arm, Korper as automation/MFT arm.
Together we can not only deliver a DORA report, but also bring the underlying chain (MFT, automation, integrations) up to standard.

Your digital resilience is not an appendix to the annual report.
> Want to know where you really stand on DORA compliance?

One session is enough to determine whether you need a gap analysis, red team, technical hardening, or a governance sprint. We look together at your current setup, pressure from DNB/AFM, and the risks in your chain.

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