DORA in the Dock: One Year On — Progress, Pitfalls, and What’s Next

A year into DORA and IT outages are still hitting the headlines; the names of financial firms feature in these headlines. So is DORA working? Or, is DORA proving to be just more red tape? This session goes beyond theory to examine the reality on the ground. In-house lawyers from across the financial supply chain will share hard-won lessons from the first year of compliance, including:

• Where firms are seeing tangible benefits—and where resilience remains elusive.
• How enforcement trends and penalties are shaping contractual negotiations and governance frameworks.
• The practical challenges of managing third-party ICT risk, from cloud dependencies to subcontracting obligations.
• Whether DORA is driving systemic resilience or simply redistributing risk across the ecosystem.