DORA compliance with Prepr CMS: Meeting new security regulations together

In recent years, the financial sector has witnessed a dramatic shift. Digital technologies have become the backbone of how banks, insurers, and investment firms operate, communicate, and serve their customers. This digital transformation brings incredible opportunities, but it also exposes organizations to unprecedented cyber risks and operational challenges.

Regulators across the globe are responding by raising the bar on digital security and operational resilience. In the European Union, this shift culminates in the upcoming enforcement of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which came into force in January 2025. Unlike previous guidelines, DORA sets mandatory, unified standards for managing digital risks across the financial sector.

This evolution means that organizations can no longer treat security and resilience as optional or secondary priorities. Instead, these elements must be deeply integrated into every aspect of their digital operations, including the technology platforms they rely on daily.

At Prepr, we understand the critical role our CMS plays in your compliance journey. That’s why we are ready. Our platform is built with security and resilience at its core, designed to meet the demands of today’s regulatory standards.

DORA is a regulation designed to strengthen the financial sector’s ability to prevent, respond to, and recover from digital disruptions.

DORA applies to a wide range of organizations, from traditional banks and insurance companies to investment firms, payment providers, and even crypto platforms. But its reach doesn’t stop there. Technology providers, including CMS platforms like Prepr, are also affected.

Under Article 30 of DORA, “ICT third-party risk – General principles”, financial institutions are responsible for managing the risks that come from outsourcing digital services. That means they need to ensure their third-party providers meet high standards for security, reliability, and transparency.

Even though platforms like Prepr CMS aren’t regulated directly, financial organizations are fully responsible for ensuring that all third-party providers meet strict standards for digital resilience. That makes your CMS part of the compliance equation.

Under DORA, ICT vendors must maintain strong protections for your data’s availability, confidentiality, and integrity. This includes being ready to detect and report incidents quickly, ensuring business continuity, and supporting audits.

There are also strict requirements around access control, making sure only authorized users can access sensitive systems. For platforms that handle sensitive data, including public-facing content or communications, this level of control is essential.

Equally important are DORA’s expectations around data residency. Technology partners must process and store data within the EU, or at the very least, meet the EU’s data protection requirements.

Moreover, vendors need to manage their own subcontractors carefully and have exit plans in place so your services aren’t interrupted if relationships change.

For a CMS, this means more than just serving content. It must be able to withstand downtime, support regulated access, and provide logs and data that your compliance team can rely on. Any failure, whether it’s a data breach, unplanned outage, or poor vendor communication, can have regulatory and reputational consequences for your organization.

At Prepr, we’ve built our CMS to align with the key principles of DORA, not as an afterthought, but as a core part of our platform design.

Our infrastructure is fully hosted and managed within the European Union, ensuring that all customer data is stored and processed in compliance with EU data residency requirements. We support secure authentication through Single Sign-On (SSO) and Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), and we provide role-based access controls to ensure that only the right people have access to sensitive environments and content.

Prepr keeps you in control with audit logs, version tracking, and automatic data exports. It also includes built-in detection and incident response with clear escalation and reporting. Plus, we perform daily backups and have strong disaster recovery plans to minimize downtime and ensure your operations run smoothly.

For organizations with advanced compliance needs, we offer optional features like software escrow and tailored exit support, helping you meet DORA’s requirements around third-party oversight and transition planning. All of this is delivered within a high-availability architecture that’s continuously monitored and proactively maintained.

In short, Prepr helps turn compliance from a challenge into a capability, giving you a CMS that doesn’t just support your content strategy, but your regulatory obligations too.

Prepr is not just a CMS vendor, we are a compliance partner. Our dedicated DORA Service Package is tailored specifically for regulated organizations that need more than just technology. We offer enhanced service levels that prioritize rapid incident response, deeper monitoring, and full support for compliance audits. This extra level of support is part of our premium service tier, built for organizations that need to meet higher regulatory standards.

Our team works with you to customize documentation and agreements so that everything aligns with your legal and risk management frameworks. This partnership approach reduces the burden on your internal teams and keeps you confident in your compliance status. Whether you need risk documentation, support with due diligence, or specific contract terms, we’re ready to help.

DORA makes it clear that while technology providers must meet high standards, the ultimate responsibility for compliance lies with the financial institutions themselves. This means your organization is accountable for managing risks across your entire digital ecosystem, including the third-party vendors you rely on.

Working with Prepr helps reduce your operational and reputational risks by providing a CMS platform built with security and resilience in mind. But it’s important to remember that compliance is a shared effort. Your internal teams still need to oversee vendor performance, review reports, and ensure that the technology fits within your broader risk management strategies.

Choosing a vendor like Prepr means you’re working with a partner who understands these challenges and is ready to help you meet them. Together, we reduce operational and reputational risks and make compliance a manageable, transparent process.

If you’re looking for a content management system that not only delivers great digital experiences but also supports your DORA compliance journey, Prepr is here to help.

Our platform is built with security, resilience, and regulatory needs in mind, backed by a dedicated service team ready to support you every step of the way.

Get in touch with our sales team today to learn how Prepr can be your trusted partner for compliance and content management.