Athereon GRC

DORA: `Efficient` and `Comprehensible` Implementation

Our software solution supports you in all obligations of the Digital Operational Resilience Act(DORA) – from ICT risk management and incident management to managing critical third parties.
✓ contains all DORA-related tools
✓ including processing wizard for structured implementation
✓ fully mapped to the DORA Regulation with all implementation aids
✓ already in use by DORA-regulated companies
Developed in Germany
Ready for NIS2
Hosted in Germany
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Over 100+ Trust Our GRC Solutions

Excellent Solution

Containing all the tools you need for a DORA-compliant information security management system.

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Reporting

Reporting obligations at the touch of a button

Our software uses integrated workflows to connect all relevant information such as risks, incidents, or suppliers from your ISMS and other modules with the reporting engine – compliant with ITS configuration.
✓ Reports in DORA-compliant format: automatically generated according to the regulatory technical standards (RTS)
✓ Creation of information registers at the touch of a button
✓ Transmission to relevant authorities – efficiently and without media disruption

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Implementation

DORA cockpit

With Athereon GRC's DORA cockpit, you maintain an overview and get off to an optimal start: All the regulation's requirements and associated technical standards (ITS & RTS) are already prepared in a structured manner and stored as concrete, processable objects.
✓ Global cockpit for clear DORA compliance
✓ Automated connection to existing or additional standards, e.g., mapping to ISO 27001, TISAX® or IT-Grundschutz
✓ No double effort required – automated mapping of evidence and requirements across standards

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All DORA-relevant features integrated into one solution

With Athereon GRC, you don't map risk management and incident handling in isolation, but rather embed them within your entire GRC architecture. Whether BCM, ICS, or audit management: all relevant process steps are seamlessly integrated – DORA requirements included.
✓ Risk management throughout the entire lifecycle
✓ Simple incident tracking: documentation, evidence and reports in one workflow
✓ Linking of all modules, e.g., automatic transfer of findings to risk, emergency, or audit management
✓ Advanced asset management: in-depth analysis of your IT landscape as a basis for risk and protection needs assessments
✓ E2E approach: Possibility to expand with additional GRC modules or laws for integration in one place

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Automation

Supplier management

With Athereon GRC Smart Questionnaires, you have the opportunity to automate supplier audits and significantly minimize the associated effort.
✓ Automated supplier audits/questionnaires with full configurability
✓ Link all relevant documents for supplier maintenance including reminders for expiration values, adjusted according to criticality
✓ Direct integration into metamodel and structural context
✓ Immediate transfer to risk management

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Why Leading Companies Prefer Athereon GRC

Organizations relying on our technology.

"Our collaboration with Athereon GRC was a complete success. The team's high level of expertise and outstanding support helped us progress and achieve success in TISAX® assessment. The implemented software includes numerous features and an intuitive user interface that meets all our requirements to our complete satisfaction. Athereon GRC facilitates our tasks efficiently and reliably at all our locations."

Thorsten Kohlstock
IT Manager

Calculated decisions

Manage risks and actions in accordance with the DORA regulation with Athereon GRC.

An `Efficient` Decision

All risks at a glance.

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Workflows

A comprehensive platform for complex DORA implementations with all necessary tools and smartly integrated workflows for organized and collaborative compliance management.

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Engaging all stakeholders

Gestalten Sie eine durchgängige Vernetzung für relevante Mitarbeitende, Abteilungen, Zulieferer sowie interne und externe Auditteams. Optimieren Sie so die Zusammenarbeit sowohl innerhalb der Teams als auch mit externen Parteien/Lieferanten.

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Automated reporting

Erstellen Sie im Falle von Sicherheitsvorfällen strukturierte und umfassende Reportings auf Knopfdruck. So halten Sie problemlos die Meldepflichten unter DORA ein und verwalten wertvolle Ressourcen im Umgang mit Bedrohungen präzise. Für beste Ergebnisse, wenn es darauf ankommt.

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Up to date

Athereon GRC automatically updates data for all frameworks, always provides you with the required and most current versions of your standards, and links them to previous versions, allowing you to focus on implementation and compliance. This ensures you always comply precisely with the latest regulations – differentiated for different organizational levels and locations.

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One platform, multiple standards

Athereon GRC's advanced mapping allows you to easily combine overlapping requirements such as NIS2 and ISO 27001. This allows you to benefit from valuable synergies and significantly reduce your workload.

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Complex organizations, simple mapping

Apply specific DORA requirements tailored to individual locations or assets. To do so, store your detailed documentation, evidence, and exceptions. View your exact DORA maturity level through various cross-sections.

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Real-time insights

Use continuous monitoring based on our 360-degree DORA real-time model to monitor your entire DORA compliance at any time and respond quickly to changes.

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Master audits

With discipline-based features, comprehensive reports, and detailed evaluations, you can master any DORA audit and keep track of all results. Our solution offers automatic reminders and structured follow-up to ensure all audit requirements are met efficiently.

Made in Germany

Athereon GRC was developed and is hosted in Germany, meaning your data never leaves German servers and is never transferred abroad. This makes Athereon GRC a suitable software for critical infrastructure organizations and others that handle sensitive data and place great value on high security standards. The software is also fully available in German and English.

Customer's `Success Stories`

Learn how we simplify compliance for businesses like yours.

We particularly value the way in which requirements are discussed and implemented in a competent, open, critical, and solution-oriented manner. In our experience, this is not something to be taken for granted.

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Olaf Reimann
Head of Enterprise Architecture and Cyber Security Governance
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Our collaboration with Athereon GRC was a complete success. The team's high level of expertise and outstanding support helped us progress and achieve success in the TISAX® assessment. The implemented software includes numerous features and an intuitive user interface that meets all our requirements to our complete satisfaction. Athereon GRC facilitates our tasks efficiently and reliably at all our locations.

Thorsten Kohlstock
IT Manager
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"With Athereon GRC, we overcame the challenges of TISAX® certification. The software's ease of use and comprehensive functionality helped us meet all requirements efficiently and in a coordinated manner across our various locations. The support we received from Athereon GRC was outstanding and helped us successfully complete the project."

Christian Kaiser
Head of IT Consulting
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Construction Line

For Bayard, we made exactly the right decision by selecting Athereon GRC for our initial certification. The cockpit is particularly user-friendly; you always have a complete overview of all ISO requirements and processes and know exactly where you are. The software itself always covers the latest regulatory requirements, so you are well prepared for audits. Help from the team was also always reliable,competent, and unbureaucratic. We particularly appreciated the personal support and the straightforward, solution-oriented approach for our company.

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Inga Kramer
Lead HR & Projects
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"By using Athereon GRC, we were able to link the requirements of the various standards(ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, BSI C5, ISO 27701) and thus process them in just one place.

The effort required to maintain the respective requirements of these standards and norms and the complexity that normally accompanies them have been significantly reduced through the use of Athereon GRC.

I would like to highlight two points in particular:

1) Open communication regarding customer requests and feature requests at all times. These are usually implemented very promptly.

2) The always fast and competent support from the support team.

Many thanks to the Athereon GRC team for the collaboration!

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Torsten Zinke
Information Security (ISB) & Compliance Manager
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"The implementation of the ISMS according to BSI IT-Grundschutz with Athereon GRC has exceeded our expectations. Centralized management and control gave us a comprehensive overview of the security status and compliance with regulations. The real-time monitoring of GRC activities and the adaptation to legal requirements proved particularly helpful. Overall, Athereon GRC has helped us improve our security standards and effectively manage risks."

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Matthias Totzauer
Group Chief Information Security Officer - CISO
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Construction Sites

For Bayard, we made exactly the right decision by selecting Athereon GRC for our initial certification. The cockpit is particularly user-friendly; you always have a complete overview of all ISO requirements and processes and know exactly where you are. The software itself always covers the latest regulatory requirements, so you are well prepared for audits. Help from the team was also always reliable,competent, and unbureaucratic. We particularly appreciated the personal support and the straightforward, solution-oriented approach for our company.

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Inga Kramer
Lead HR & Projects
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People that are planning something

Collaboration with Athereon GRC was very straightforward, both during project implementation and ongoing use. There was always a competent contact person. Any issues that arose were resolved promptly after reporting, and questions about specific Athereon GRC features were always answered quickly. Furthermore, ideas for new features or suggestions for improvements are received with great interest and then published in a future release.

We've come to value the unbureaucratic, customer-focused collaboration as our greatest advantage and strength, something we sometimes miss with other providers. We also particularly like the videos on Athereon GRC that have been published recently.

Athereon GRC can definitely be recommended for public sector administrations of our size.

Gunnar Herbst
Information Security Officer
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IT Room

Collaboration with Athereon GRC was very straightforward, both during project implementation and ongoing use. There was always a competent contact person. Any issues that arose were resolved promptly after reporting, and questions about specific Athereon GRC features were always answered quickly. Furthermore, ideas for new features or suggestions for improvements are received with great interest and then published in a future release.

We've come to value the unbureaucratic, customer-focused collaboration as our greatest advantage and strength, something we sometimes miss with other providers. We also particularly like the videos on Athereon GRC that have been published recently.

Athereon GRC can definitely be recommended for public sector administrations of our size.

Gunnar Herbst
Information Security Officer
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Fast and easy onboarding

3 Steps to Your DORA Software

Your digital transformation can be this fast.

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1. Noncommittal consultation

Experience the difference of excellent customer support, tailored to your individual requirements. We're always there for you, offering exciting insights into implementation and in-depth insights into our software.

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2. Free demo account

After an initial consultation, we would be happy to set up a demo version of our software for you, allowing you to click around independently and experience the beneftis of Athereon GRC in practice and at your leisure.

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3. Efficient implementation

With our comprehensive range of services covering onboarding, migration, and customization, you'll be ready to digitalize your GRC processes with Athereon GRC in just a few weeks. A dedicated, expert onboarding manager is available to assist you at all times.

Start your GRC transformation

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FAQs

Get detailed answers to the most frequently asked questions.

What is DORA regulation?

The DORA Regulation (Digital Operational Resilience Act) is a set of comprehensive requirements for digital operational resilience for the entire financial sector established by the European Union. The regulation has been applicable in Germany since January 17, 2025.

What does the Digital Operational Resilience Act have to do with BAIT?

The Supervisory Requirements for IT in Financial Institutions (BAIT), previously binding in Germany and issued by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, were largely replaced by the EU-wide DORA Regulation in January 2025. The transition period for financial institutions subsequently added to DORA expires on January 1, 2027, making DORA the primary requirement catalogue for affected organizations.

Who does DORA affect?

The DORA Regulation affects all financial institutions in the European Economic Area. These include, among others, credit and payment institutions, insurance companies and intermediaries, and investment firms. It also includes account information service providers, e-money institutions, providers of crypto services, management companies, rating agencies, securitization registers, institutions for occupational pensions, and many other companies. The DORA Regulation also partially affects the IT service providers(e.g., cloud service providers) of these companies. The DORA requirements apply to more than 22,000 organizations across the EU.

How can Athereon GRC help my company comply with DORA?

Athereon GRC provides comprehensive support for your company in implementing DORA requirements. Our platform offers integrated modules for various GRC areas, including ISMS according to DORA:

    • ICT risk management: Identification and assessment of ICT-related risks according to a standardized risk management process. Linking to assets, vulnerabilities, and mitigations via central control system.
  • Incident management: Documentation, classification, and processing of security incidents including escalation mechanisms, root cause analysis, and reporting functions.
  • Resilience and continuity management: Mapping of BCM processes to ensure critical business processes and emergency procedures according to ISO 22301.
  • Third-party management: Integration of service providers into the risk and control system, including evaluation and monitoring of outsourced ICT services.
  • Auditability and governance: Audit-proof documentation, management-level reporting, audit trails, and support in preparing DORA-compliant reports for regulatory authorities.

Athereon GRC's flexible configurability enables customized mapping of your governance structures and a consistent control framework to ensure digital operational stability in accordance with DORA.

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Make it to the top in compliance

Finally ensure smooth processes and regulatory clarity in all areas of your company.

`News` from Athereon GRC

Learn from others' best practices or simply stay up to date.

Whitepapers

Our whitepapers offer a selection of informative documents addressing the latest developments and challenges in GRC. Download our whitepapers to gain valuable insights and stay up to date.

Blog

On our blog, you'll always find the latest articles on relevant guidelines, legal changes, and current developments in compliance. We also offer interesting insights into our company.

Webinars

Our webinars offer regular training sessions on general compliance topics, regulatory updates, and updates to our software. Always relevant, always up-to-date.

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