Second ECB outage validates DORA's focus on software resilience

The ECB's second T2 payment system outage in a week, caused by a faulty software update, underscores the regulatory priority shift toward software resilience under DORA. European supervisors are moving from compliance documentation to active testing and operational validation of critical financial infrastructure resilience.

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