DORA policy templates: ten editable Word policies with article references
Ten editable Word policy templates covering the operating chassis of any DORA-compliant ICT framework. Each one cites the relevant DORA Articles and includes a document-control table.
What this solves
Every DORA programme reaches the point where the framework is agreed and someone has to write the documents. Ten of them, in a house style, each citing the right articles, each with a document-control table an auditor will look at before reading a word of the content.
Written from scratch that is weeks of work, most of it re-deriving structure that is the same in every institution. The content that is genuinely yours — thresholds, owners, systems — is a fraction of the page count.
What is inside
- ICT Risk Management Policy
- Incident Response Plan
- ICT Business Continuity Policy
- Third-Party Risk Management Policy
- Information Security Policy
- Change Management Policy
- Data Classification & Handling Policy
- Acceptable Use Policy
- Crisis Communication Procedure
- TLPT Programme Policy
What it covers in the regulation
- Articles 5–16 — ICT risk management framework documentation
- Article 9 — protection and prevention
- Articles 11–12 — business continuity and backup policy
- Articles 28–30 — third-party policy
- RTS (EU) 2024/1774 — ICT risk management tools, methods and procedures
Who uses it, and when
Whoever owns the documentation set — usually ICT risk or compliance. Used after the framework is settled and before the internal audit, which is when the absence of documents becomes visible.
How to work through it
- Start from the policy whose subject you understand best, to calibrate the editing effort.
- Fill the document-control table first: owner, approver, review date. Auditors start there.
- Replace the bracketed placeholders with your own thresholds and system names.
- Get them approved through your normal governance route — an unapproved policy proves nothing.