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# EU supervisors designate IBM a critical third party provider under DORA
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-05-ibm-dora-critical-third-party-designation/
- Published: 2025-12-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:00:55.000Z
- Description: The EU's three financial supervisory authorities designated IBM a critical third party ICT provider under the Digital Operational Resilience Act. The designation puts IBM directly in scope for EU oversight of its services to European banks and insurers.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #ai-drafted

Verified AI-drafted [IBM Newsroom, 5 December 2025](https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-12-05-ibm-designated-as-a-critical-third-party-provider-under-eu-dora?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish what specific oversight measures the supervisors will apply to IBM in practice.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)