Webinar Overview:
As financial institutions move from DORA compliance deadlines into a new phase of implementation and supervision, 2026 will mark a pivotal shift from proving readiness on paper to demonstrating it in practice. Regulators across Europe are already signaling heightened expectations for testing, third-party risk management, and cross-border operational resilience. Yet for many organizations, key challenges remain: fragmented risk data, manual reporting, and difficulty connecting ICT and business services in a measurable, testable way. This session will explore what lies ahead for financial firms as DORA oversight matures, highlighting both the regulatory trajectory and the operational realities of sustaining compliance at scale. The discussion will also examine how technology, from automation and AI to integrated GRC platforms, is helping firms move beyond reactive compliance toward continuous resilience.
Key Learning Objectives:
- What regulators are prioritizing for DORA supervision in 2026
- The biggest implementation challenges still facing financial institutions
- How automation and AI can accelerate evidence, testing, and control validation
- Strategies for unifying risk, resilience, and ICT data for ongoing assurance
Speakers
Joleen Engela – Customer Success Manager, EMEA, CLDigital
With over a decade of experience in business continuity and risk management, Joleen partners with organizations to ensure CLDigital 360 delivers on their strategic goals. Prior to joining CLDigital, she led enterprise risk and continuity initiatives at Sheffield Hallam University and Altron Group, where she designed and embedded robust risk frameworks, crisis management programs, and incident response processes across large, complex organizations.
