Teqtivity launches free DORA asset readiness tool for financial firms

Teqtivity on June 23 released a free self-assessment tool to help financial organizations spot gaps in ICT asset governance before DORA audits. The tool targets teams that need to prove asset ownership, lifecycle tracking, and evidence across EU financial operations.

Why it matters: - Financial firms under DORA need a reliable inventory of ICT assets, ownership, and business impact to prove operational resilience. - Weak asset records can complicate audits, risk assessments, incident response, and recovery planning. - Teqtivity is offering the assessment at no cost, which lowers the barrier for IT, security, risk, and compliance teams to check readiness.

What happened: - Teqtivity released the DORA ICT Asset Readiness Assessment on June 23, 2026. - The free tool is aimed at financial sector organizations evaluating ICT asset governance under the Digital Operational Resilience Act. - The assessment is available at no cost at teqtivity.com/dora-ict-asset-readiness-assessment.

The details: - DORA took effect in January 2025 and applies to financial entities in the EU. - The rule covers banks, payment institutions, investment firms, insurance companies, and crypto-asset service providers. - DORA expects organizations to know what ICT assets they have, who owns them, what business functions they support, and whether those records stay current across the asset lifecycle. - Teqtivity said the challenge is that asset data often sits across procurement systems, MDM tools, HR platforms, help desks, and finance records. - The assessment covers seven areas: visibility; classification and criticality; ownership and accountability; lifecycle tracking; security alignment; resilience and recovery; and evidence and reporting. - Each section generates a score that teams can use to identify strong areas and gaps before a review. - The tool is built for IT teams managing device deployments and recoveries, security teams tracking asset exposure, and compliance teams preparing audit and risk documentation.

Between the lines: - The release frames DORA readiness as a documentation and governance problem as much as a security problem. - Teqtivity is positioning IT asset management as the foundation for broader compliance work, not a replacement for it. - Founder and CEO Hiren Hasmukh said organizations often fail audits because they cannot assemble consistent documentation quickly, not because they have the weakest security posture. - Hasmukh said that if asset records are wrong, downstream work such as risk assessments, incident response, and recovery planning becomes harder.

What's next: - Teams can use the assessment to identify gaps before an auditor or regulator reviews their records. - Organizations that find weak spots will likely need to update asset data, ownership records, and evidence workflows before formal DORA reviews. - Teqtivity is continuing to market its IT asset management platform as a way to centralize records and improve accountability across large device estates.

The bottom line: - DORA compliance starts with knowing what technology assets exist, who owns them, and whether the records are current. Teqtivity is betting a free tool will help financial firms find those gaps faster.