Operational resilience should be built into daily operations not treated as siloed compliance especially for decentralized project based models

·        Regulatory drivers include UK PRA 2025 and EU DORA with proportionality allowing alignment to risk profiles

·        Integration with BAU risk management needs strong links to third party risk compliance and core frameworks

·        Risks from geopolitical shocks supply chain issues cloud dependency vendor concentration and AI require localized ownership and global coordination

·        Scenario testing reveals hidden dependencies and practical gaps in continuity plans

·        Compliance is baseline but true resilience needs enterprise wide risk integration

·        First line owns resilience second line provides oversight

·        Talent gap requires mix of business acumen technical skill and stakeholder management

·        Cultural and operational embedding of resilience offers competitive advantage