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Use continuous application penetration testing to support DORA-aligned ICT risk management and resilience evidence.

Requirement Position
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DORA requires financial entities to manage ICT risk and perform resilience testing appropriate to their role. APVISO supports application-layer security evidence for exposed financial services.

Audit Evidence APVISO Can Support
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- Security testing records for customer portals, payment APIs, onboarding flows, and admin systems
- Remediation evidence for vulnerabilities affecting ICT risk and operational resilience
- Retest records that demonstrate fixes were verified after releases
- Findings that can inform broader resilience and third-party risk discussions

APVISO Testing Coverage
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- Tests APIs and financial workflows for authorization, injection, SSRF, and logic flaws
- Supports release-aligned evidence for application security controls
- Helps teams prioritize exploitable issues before they affect resilience

Guide
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DORA makes operational resilience a board-level concern for financial entities and critical ICT providers. While resilience testing spans more than application security, exposed financial applications and APIs remain an important part of the risk surface.

APVISO supports DORA-aligned security work by continuously testing customer portals, payment flows, partner APIs, and administrative interfaces for exploitable vulnerabilities. Findings can feed remediation programs, release gates, and evidence packs for risk reviews.

The most useful pattern is recurrence. Rather than waiting for a single annual engagement, teams can pentest after meaningful changes, route confirmed findings to owners, and retest fixes. That creates an operating record of technical risk management that complements broader resilience activities.

Frequently Asked Questions
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Does APVISO perform threat-led penetration testing for DORA?▾APVISO focuses on autonomous application-layer penetration testing. It can complement broader DORA testing programs but does not replace all threat-led testing obligations.

Which DORA systems fit APVISO best?▾APVISO is best for web applications, APIs, onboarding portals, payment workflows, and exposed administrative systems where application vulnerabilities can affect ICT risk.

Related Vulnerabilities
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[Api Authorization Flaws](/vulnerabilities/api-authorization-flaws)[Business Logic Flaws](/vulnerabilities/business-logic-flaws)[Ssrf](/vulnerabilities/ssrf)

Related Industry Guides
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[Dora](/industries/financial-services/dora)

Related Terms
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[Api Security](/glossary/api-security)[Continuous Pentesting](/glossary/continuous-pentesting)[Vulnerability Management](/glossary/vulnerability-management)

Generate DORA pentesting evidence with APVISO
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Run autonomous pentests, route confirmed findings to your team, and retest fixes before your next review.

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