DORA policy templates: ten editable Word policies with article references

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

1. Start from the policy whose subject you understand best, to calibrate the editing effort.
2. Fill the document-control table first: owner, approver, review date. Auditors start there.
3. Replace the bracketed placeholders with your own thresholds and system names.
4. Get them approved through your normal governance route: an unapproved policy proves nothing.

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