Welcome

Beyond regulatory compliance: Architecting for true Operational Resilience in the DORA era

Sponsored by Cockroach Labs
Thursday 24th April 2025
City Social, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad St, London EC2N 1HQ

As the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) sets new standards for financial institutions across Europe, forward-thinking organisations are discovering opportunities that extend well beyond mere compliance. This FStech roundtable, sponsored by Cockroach Labs, will explore how financial institutions can transform regulatory requirements into strategic advantages through innovative multi-cloud architectures that enhance business agility, accelerate service delivery, and create meaningful differentiation in the marketplace.

While examining practical approaches to achieving operational resilience in distributed environments, participants will discuss how exceeding DORA's baseline requirements—particularly in ICT third-party risk management, service availability, and comprehensive testing frameworks—can become powerful competitive differentiators. The discussion will reveal how industry leaders are leveraging advanced resilience capabilities to not only satisfy regulators but also to enhance customer trust, reduce operational costs, and enable faster innovation cycles.

This session will provide actionable insights into developing cloud architectures that transform compliance obligations into business opportunities. Attendees will explore strategies for future-proofing their technology investments as regulatory frameworks evolve, with specific attention to turning concentration risk management and third-party service provider oversight from compliance challenges into strategic advantages that can outpace competitors.


Topics for discussion:

• What has been your biggest challenge in adapting your cloud strategy to meet DORA requirements, and what creative solutions have you found?
  
  
• How are you balancing the cost and complexity of comprehensive resilience testing across multiple cloud providers? What practical approaches have worked best?
  
  
• A major concern for FIs is concentration risk management. What strategies have you found effective for diversifying cloud dependencies while maintaining operational efficiency?
  
  
• How are you handling incident management across multiple cloud and where are you still facing challenges?

Timings for the evening:

18:00 – 18:30        Welcome and refreshments 
18:30 – 20:00        Introduction to fellow guests and roundtable discussion 
20:00 onwards     Complimentary three-course dinner

Brought to you by FStech