Which financial entities are subject to TLPT
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1190 on threat-led penetration testing (TLPT) under DORA · UE 2025/1190
TLPT does not concern all financial entities, but those identified as significant given their size, risk profile and systemic importance. RTS 2025/1190 specifies the quantitative and qualitative identification criteria applied by authorities.
Typically in scope: systemically important credit institutions, certain payment and e-money institutions, central securities depositories (CSDs), central counterparties (CCPs), trading venues, and some insurance and reinsurance undertakings.
Identified entities must conduct a TLPT at least every three years, unless the TLPT authority decides otherwise. Critical or important functions form the core of the scope.
In Luxembourg, the TLPT authority under Article 26 of DORA is the CSSF, operating jointly with the BCL within the national TIBER-LU framework. RTS 2025/1190 has applied since 8 July 2025, and the TIBER-LU Implementation Document was revised on 20 June 2025, aligning the methodology with TIBER-EU revised by the ECB on 11 February 2025. The CSSF formally notifies the identification of an entity as significant and may set a frequency different from the three-year cycle.
Luxgap practice: confirm your eligibility status and critical-function perimeter ahead of any CSSF notification, and fold in your DORA-register ICT providers from the TIBER-LU scoping stage.