Development of a compliance gap analysis against Software X and DORA

Ramanauskaite, Ruta (2025) Development of a compliance gap analysis against Software X and DORA. Masters thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Previously, European cybersecurity regulations have been complex, fragmented and primarily made up of legislation that’s relevant to the industry. The NIS1 describes the financial sector as one of seven vital sectors, which means there is a requirement for EU Member States to implement appropriate technical and organizational protections through targeted legislative policies, as noted by Krüger and Brauchle (2021). This study aims to review the key relevant Regulatory Technical Standards (RTSs) under the novel Digital Operational Resilience Act or DORA, and to analyse potential compliance gaps in relation to Software X. Software X serves as the central control point for the document processing workflow platform. It provides comprehensive configuration, user management, and service coordination, ensuring that workflows run reliably and consistently across the distributed system. A gap analysis was conducted that included a revision of relevant documentation, software configurations, internal policies, and controls against selected articles under RTSs, which were deemed applicable to Software X. The results provide a basis for developing methods for addressing identified compliance gaps. The research embraced a case study methodology to analyse the relationship between Software X and DORA. As well as that, a constructive research approach was used to design a tailored compliance checklist for a specific third-party ICT service provider.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Supervisors:	Name Email Mustafa, Raza Ul UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), Compliance Gap Analysis, Financial Software Security, Operational Resilience
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance Q Science > QA Mathematics > Electronic computers. Computer science T Technology > T Technology (General) > Information Technology > Electronic computers. Computer science Q Science > QA Mathematics > Computer software T Technology > T Technology (General) > Information Technology > Computer software Q Science > QA Mathematics > Computer software > Computer Security T Technology > T Technology (General) > Information Technology > Computer software > Computer Security
Divisions:	School of Computing > Master of Science in Cyber Security
Depositing User:	Ciara O'Brien
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2026 14:32
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 14:32
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/9372

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