For US + EU Banks, Credit Unions + Insurers
A NY-licensed bank with EU customers and public-company status is on the hook to seven regulators at once, each one wanting its own evidence package on its own audit cycle. Run them as seven parallel programs and you are copy-pasting the same access review into seven tools and bracing for the cycle where they stop matching. RiskWatch runs all of it as one evidence vault: score a control once and it satisfies every regulator it touches, so the auditor finding never traces back to a binder you forgot to update. (Covers NYDFS Part 500, FFIEC, GLBA, DORA, PCI DSS v4, SOX 404, and 13+ state privacy laws.)
Trusted by US + EU banks, credit unions, and insurers managing multi-jurisdiction compliance across NYDFS, federal, state, and EU mandates.
Why Financial Services CISOs Pick RiskWatch
RiskWatch collapses seven parallel programs into one workflow on one platform: capture a control once and it answers each regulator that asks for it, tracked through a single examiner and auditor-ready evidence trail. Instead of running four spreadsheet programs across four audit cycles and reconciling them by hand, you score once and let the platform map the evidence everywhere it belongs. (Covers NYDFS, FFIEC, GLBA, DORA, PCI DSS, SOX 404, and 13+ state privacy laws.)
Capture the access review once and the same evidence answers each regulator that needs it, with no copy-paste between four tools. (Satisfies NYDFS §500.7, FFIEC IAM, SOX ITGCs, and PCI Req 7.)
Track readiness across all five DORA pillars (ICT risk, incident management, resilience testing, third-party risk, and info sharing) with your EU and US controls cross-mapped automatically, so the EC review is a status check, not a fire drill.
SOX 404 ITGCs and IT security stop living in separate tools with separate evidence trails. The MRC builder and material-weakness early warning surface the problem before the auditor does, all in one register.
The Regulatory Landscape
DORA went live January 17, 2025 across 22,000+ EU financial entities. NYDFS Part 500 §500.17 dual certification carries personal liability for CISO + CEO. State consumer privacy laws are expanding to 13+ jurisdictions in 2026. FFIEC examinations cite the same control gaps every cycle.
Three Domains, One Platform
RiskWatch covers all three. Each domain has a dedicated workflow, scoring model, and remediation queue. They share data so a single access-review event satisfies NYDFS, FFIEC, SOX, PCI, and DORA at the same time, not in four separate tools.
Survey-based risk assessment across ICT systems, IT general controls, and 3rd-party providers, scored against ISO 31000 + NIST RMF + DORA Pillar 1.
NYDFS Part 500, FFIEC, GLBA Safeguards, DORA, PCI DSS v4, SOX 404, and 13+ state privacy laws in one cross-mapped library.
Privacy + cybersecurity controls aligned to GLBA Safeguards, PCI DSS v4, NIST CSF 2.0, and the expanding state-by-state privacy patchwork.
Multi-Regulator Spotlight
The same access review captured once satisfies NYDFS §500.7, FFIEC IAM, SOX 404 ITGC, PCI Req 7, GLBA §314.4, and DORA Pillar 1, without copy-paste between four tools. Cross-mapping is bi-directional: from a regulator view, see which controls cover which sections; from a control view, see every regulator that control satisfies.
DORA Spotlight
DORA has applied since January 17, 2025, and the European Commission's review cycle surfaces enforcement gaps. Five pillars, ICT risk management, incident management, resilience testing, third-party risk, information sharing, each tracked with per-pillar coverage and gap-to-EC-review modeled.
The Coverage Gap
Internal-audit tools cover SOX. Banking GRC platforms cover FFIEC + GLBA. EU compliance vendors cover DORA. Privacy tools cover state laws. Each does one job. Multi-jurisdiction FIs still operate four parallel programs across four audit cycles.
| Platform Category | NYDFS 500 | DORA | FFIEC | GLBA | PCI v4 | SOX 404 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal Audit ToolsWorkiva, AuditBoard | Partial | · | Partial | · | · | Yes |
| Banking GRC PlatformsMetricStream, Diligent | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| EU DORA SpecialistsDORA-specific vendors | · | Yes | · | · | · | · |
| PCI Compliance ToolsTrustwave, ControlScan | · | · | · | · | Yes | · |
| Privacy ToolsOneTrust, Securiti | · | Partial | · | Partial | · | · |
| Spreadsheets & Email | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| RiskWatchThe unified evidence vault | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RiskWatch is the only platform covering all six financial-services regulatory domains: NYDFS Part 500, DORA, FFIEC, GLBA, PCI DSS v4, and SOX 404. Internal-audit tools cover SOX. Banking GRC platforms cover FFIEC and GLBA. EU compliance vendors cover DORA. PCI tools cover cards. Privacy tools cover state laws. Each does one job. RiskWatch unifies all six in one survey-based assessment workflow.
How It Works
RiskWatch is a survey-based assessment platform. The work is structured around questionnaires that capture cybersecurity, privacy, and ICFR signals in a consistent format, then scored against every framework you align to.
For multi-jurisdiction FIs, that workflow runs continuously across NYDFS + FFIEC + GLBA + DORA + PCI + SOX + state privacy laws. A single access-review record scores against §500.7, FFIEC IAM, SOX ITGC, PCI Req 7, and DORA P1 simultaneously. A single incident triggers GLBA, NYDFS, DORA, and state notification clocks in parallel.
The same platform runs all seven, surfaces gaps before examiner arrival, assigns remediation owners, and tracks completion. Replace the four parallel tools and the spreadsheet bridge between them.
Built For Your Role
Owns multi-regulator cyber posture, NYDFS §500.17 dual cert, and CISO + CEO joint personal liability.
One controls library covering NYDFS + FFIEC + GLBA + DORA + PCI. §500.17 cert evidence captured year-round.Owns multi-jurisdiction compliance, examiner relationships, and the regulatory exam calendar.
Examiner-ready packages on demand. Score one control once, satisfy four regulators. No more six-week prep cycles.Owns enterprise risk register, board reporting, and risk appetite framework.
ICT + ICFR + 3rd-party risk in one register. Board rollup builds itself the night before.Owns ICFR testing, ITGC documentation, and material-weakness disclosure.
MRC builder produces the four elements auditors actually look for. Material-weakness early warning fires before the auditor finds it.Owns GLBA Safeguards, state consumer privacy compliance, and the 30-day FTC breach clock.
WISP authoring + review cycle. 13-state privacy law cross-mapping. 30-day FTC notification template.Owns vendor risk, ICT third-party register, and DORA Critical Third-Party Provider oversight.
Same vendor record satisfies NYDFS §500.11, FFIEC TPRM, GLBA service provider oversight, and DORA P4.Built For Your Segment
Multi-state + multi-jurisdiction NYDFS + FFIEC + GLBA + SOX + DORA + state privacy law programs in one library.
FFIEC examination readiness, GLBA Safeguards, BSA/AML overlay, and CRA documentation, sized for lean compliance teams.
NCUA examination, GLBA Safeguards, state credit-union laws, and member-authentication risk on a community-banking-friendly footprint.
NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law, NYDFS Part 500 (insurers covered), MAR, ORSA, and state-by-state insurance department exam readiness.
SEC Reg S-P + Rule 17a-4, FINRA cyber rules, SOC 2 for service organizations, and SOX 404 for public-filer parents.
Bank partnership oversight (BaaS), state money transmission, GLBA Safeguards, and SOC 2 for institutional contracts.
Standards & Frameworks
Generic GRC tools were built for office IT. RiskWatch was built for the multi-regulator overlap that defines modern financial services.
Trusted by 500+ risk and compliance teams
We were running NYDFS, FFIEC, and SOX in three different tools. One platform replaced all of them and DORA shipped on top of it. Score one access review, satisfy four regulators. The audit-prep cycle dropped from six weeks to under two.
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