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DORARegulation (EU) 2022/2554

Definition: threat-led penetration testing (TLPT): threat-led penetration testing (TLPT)

DORA Art. 3 (threat-led penetration testing (TLPT))

a framework that mimics the tactics, techniques and procedures of real-life threat actors perceived as posing a genuine cyber threat, that delivers a controlled, bespoke, intelligence-led (red team) test of the financial entity’s critical live production systems

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Source texts: the Official Journal, through the Publications Office. Dataset built 2026-07-29. Study aid, not legal advice.

DORA 32022R2554

Every connection on this page is drawn from the official text of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554. Study aid, not legal advice.

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