By Tejas Katwala, Co-founder, CLDigital

Published for: The Financial Services Risk & Compliance Conference | April 2025

Resilience used to be something you measured after an incident. Now, it’s the only strategy that matters before one. From DORA and operational resilience mandates to ESG scrutiny and deepfakedriven fraud, risk leaders are under more pressure than ever to be both responsive and proactive.

But here’s the truth: Compliance alone won’t cut it. We need platforms that deliver clarity, not just controls.

At CLDigital, we believe that the next generation of risk leadership isn’t about adding more tools or hiring more staff. It’s about building adaptive, intelligent ecosystems that bring risk, compliance, and resilience together—with no code, no chaos, and no surprises.

As we join the Financial Services Risk & Compliance Conference this April, I’ll be sharing a framework we’ve seen work across banking, insurance, and asset management:

From Compliance to Confidence: A Capability-Led Approach

The most forward-thinking risk teams aren’t reacting to regulation—they’re redesigning their architecture:

  • Delivering DORA requirements through dynamic ICT mapping, scenario testing, and real-time third-party risk oversight
  • Operationalizing resilience beyond policy documents, with live testing and automated response workflows
  • Tracking ESG and conduct risk through board-level dashboards and integrated assurance
  • Combating cyber and fraud threats with intelligent monitoring and automated playbooks

This isn’t theory. We’ve seen challenger banks go from spreadsheets to full DORA readiness in weeks. Insurers automating ESG audits. Global asset managers embedding AI into compliance oversight. And all of them using a single, secure, no-code platform.

No Code. No Chaos. Just Clarity.

At our booth and during our bonus session at 12:50, we’re inviting risk leaders to reimagine how they work:

  • What if building an impact tolerance dashboard didn’t require developers?
  • What if you could run resilience testing from the same place you manage fraud scenarios?
  • What if your platform could give leadership a single source of truth—on demand?

That’s what we mean by clarity. Not just reports, but real-time readiness. Not just dashboards, but decisions. And not just compliance, but confidence.

If you’re attending the conference, stop by the CLDigital stand. Join us for a micro-clinic. Challenge our assumptions. Or just come say hi.

Because the next crisis won’t wait—and neither should your strategy.