DORA vs FedRAMP Moderate
What is the difference between DORA and FedRAMP Moderate?
DORA is a risk management framework applying in the European Union, with 26 controls across 5 domains. FedRAMP Moderate is a cloud security framework applying in the United States, with 323 controls across 18 domains. They govern different subjects, so the overlap is limited to the governance requirements they share. The mapping below shows where that is.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
DORA into FedRAMP Moderate
11.5%37 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate controls carry evidence from DORA, leaving 286 to satisfy separately.
60 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →FedRAMP Moderate into DORA
42.3%11 of 26 DORA controls carry evidence from FedRAMP Moderate, leaving 15 to satisfy separately.
75 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-20.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
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