How We Help

EU Regulations & Compliance

Operationalizing EU regulations into practice for IT departments.

What outcome are you looking for?

Owned outcome

We take ownership of building your DORA Article 8 data foundation — the Register of Information, ICT and information asset and risk as the base that every other DORA pillar depends on, from third-party oversight and incident reporting to resilience testing and regulatory reporting.

We take ownership of operationalizing NIS2 — governance, risk ownership, critical assets, operational controls and resilience — so security obligations are embedded in day-to-day IT operations for reportable compliance.

We take ownership of your information estate — mapping digital systems, interfaces and information assets, and linking them to runtime storage and data flows — so you know what you have, where it lives, and how it moves, ready for DORA, NIS2, the AI Act, GDPR and CADA alike.

We take ownership of DORA recommendations and readiness to operationalize requirements for: ICT Risk Management, Incident Reporting, Operational Resilience Testing & Third-Party Risk Management

Capability
  • Service modelling
  • Critical-function modelling
  • Dependency mapping
  • BCM/BIA integration
  • Third-party dependency mapping
  • Governance and Regulatory Reporting & Executive oversight
  • NIS2 Maturity & Risk Ownership Mapping
  • Critical Asset & Control Framework Design
  • Security Control Operationalization
  • Incident Reporting Readiness
  • Regulator-Ready Reporting & Executive Oversight
  • Information Landscape Assessment
  • Digital Systems & Interface Mapping
  • Regulatory Information Asset Categorization & Classification
  • Data Flow & Runtime Storage Linkage
  • Regulatory Information Governance & Executive Reporting
  • DORA Maturity Benchmarking
  • ICT Risk Management Framework Gap Assessment
  • Incident Reporting & Classification Gap Assessment
  • Resilience Testing Programme Gap Assessment
  • Third-Party & Critical ICT Provider Risk Gap Assessment
  • Systems of Record & Operational Data Model Readiness
Deployment Team
  • EU Regulations Advisor
  • CIF Architect
  • IT Operations Consultant
  • EU Regulations Advisor
  • Critical Infrastructure Architect
  • IT Operations Consultant
  • EU Regulations Advisor
  • Information & Risk Architect
  • Information Governance Consultant
  • EU Regulations Advisor
  • Regulatory Delivery Consultant
  • Research Analyst

We scope every engagement to your team's current maturity, priorities and existing tools.

Scope this for your team

From regulatory requirements to operational reality

Regulation was too often treated as a checkbox. Now, in Europe, it's reshaping how critical organizations operate, not just how they report. Resilience, security and accountability are no longer audit footnotes; they're becoming part of the operating model itself.

Einar & Partners helps regulated organizations turn requirements such as DORA, NIS2 and the AI Act into ownership, governance, controls, reliable data and day-to-day operating practices.

Our footprint in EU regulations

> 20
Financial Institutions supported with DORA
+ 30
banks represented in regulatory research & benchmarks
> 20
manufacturers supported with NIS2
Critical Infrastructure across public sector, aviation and regulated industries
Skatteverket
Skandia
NN Group
ASR
Handelsbanken
SWIFT
Helvetia

Regulatory excellence starts with well-governed data and ownership

Many organizations are compliant but spend too much time gathering evidence and proving it. What is needed is a clear translation of regulations into the operating model. How governance, data, services, and the IT operating model are directly affected, together with people and new responsibilities.

Regulation
Ownership & Governance
Value Streams & Processes
Services & Assets
Data & Controls
Evidence
Regulatory Reporting

Where regulation meets IT Operations

Critical Functions (CIFs), including the mapping of underlying ICT Assets and Information Assets, ICT Risk Management, Incident Reporting, Resilience Testing, 3rd Party Management & Information Sharing.

Governance, risk ownership, critical assets, operational controls and resilience.

Ownership, risk classification, controls, accountability and operational governance for enterprise AI.

Our Service: Full ownership to increase regulatory compliance

01 Baseline Regulatory & Governance Assessment
02 First high-impact visible work
03 Measure & Benchmark budget and time
04 Wave-Based Rollout for scaling
05 Continuous Regulatory Maintenance & Training
06 Strategy & Long-Term Development over time

During the high-impact work and pilot, we apply our framework to measure internal effort, cost and capacity required to scale, giving leadership a quantified view before committing to broader rollout.

Beyond regulatory advisory: why organizations work with us

Full end-2-end ownership

Organisations are increasingly looking for a partner who stays for the long run, a reliable team that can be trusted, and who cares about the strategy and long-term vision.

Proprietary regulatory intelligence

Benchmarks on maturity, internal effort, budgets and implementation progress across European organizations.

Proven blueprints

Reusable governance, ownership, asset and service-model patterns shaped through real regulatory programmes.

Access to the network

Executive roundtables, peer cohorts and independent forums with organizations facing similar regulatory challenges.

Research & Publications

DORA Maturity Index Report

DORA Maturity Index(opens in a new tab)

Benchmark your organization's DORA maturity against European peers.

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NIS2 & DORA Compliance ServiceNow: CMDB & IRM Video

NIS2 & DORA Compliance ServiceNow: CMDB & IRM(opens in a new tab)

A closer look at NIS2 through the Common Service Data Model, with ServiceNow.

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Understand where your organization stands.

Benchmark your regulatory readiness and identify the gaps that matter operationally.