← All insights
Case Study · Case Study

Renowned EU Bank Achieves DORA Readiness with G’Secure Labs and Vanta

EU bank achieves DORA 1

Customer Overview

A leading business-to-business bank operating across the EU and UK needed to strengthen operational resilience and prepare for the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). With highly distributed IT systems and growing regulatory obligations, the organization required a scalable and centralized approach to compliance and security management.

Challenges

The customer faced several operational and compliance challenges as DORA deadlines approached:

  • • Fragmented IT systems across multiple office locations limited visibility into controls and compliance activities.
  • • Manual compliance workflows spread across disconnected tools slowed issue resolution and increased operational risk.
  • • Evidence collection, policy management, and audit preparation required significant manual effort.
  • • Limited internal IT resources made it difficult to manage DORA requirements alongside existing priorities.
  • • The organization needed to improve security posture, strengthen SLAs, and maintain continuous compliance readiness.

“With DORA deadlines approaching, we were under intense pressure to bring order to a highly fragmented IT environment. Managing compliance manually across multiple systems was no longer sustainable — we needed a centralized, automated solution to reduce risk and move fast with limited resources.”

Solution

G’Secure Labs acted as both a strategic advisor and implementation partner, leading the customer’s DORA compliance journey end-to-end. The engagement included assessment, roadmap development, implementation, and ongoing governance support.

Services and Expertise Provided

G’Secure Labs delivered:

  • DORA readiness assessments across the customer’s distributed IT environment.
  • A structured compliance roadmap aligned to operational resilience requirements.
  • Centralized compliance workflows for:
    • Policies
    • Controls
    • Risk tracking
    • Evidence management
  • Managed governance and security services to reduce operational burden on internal teams.
  • Ongoing compliance monitoring and alignment with evolving DORA requirements.

Why the Customer Chose G’Secure Labs

The customer selected G’Secure Labs because of:

  • Proven expertise in DORA and EU regulatory frameworks.
  • Strong automation and implementation capabilities.
  • Experience managing compliance in complex, resource-constrained environments.
  • Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical operational workflows.

“The team at G’Secure Labs brought deep DORA expertise and a highly collaborative approach. Their responsiveness and ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, automated solutions made them a trusted extension of our internal IT team.”

Role of Vanta

Vanta served as the centralized compliance platform supporting the customer’s DORA program by:

  • Consolidating policies, controls, risks, and evidence into a single system of record.
  • Automating evidence collection and continuous monitoring.
  • Providing real-time visibility into compliance status and gaps.
  • Streamlining audit reporting and reducing manual coordination across teams.
  • Integrating with existing IT systems to improve data accuracy and operational efficiency.

Close collaboration between Vanta and G’Secure Labs ensured smooth onboarding, clear DORA control mapping, and minimal disruption to business operations.

“Vanta dramatically reduced manual compliance work by automating evidence collection and continuous monitoring. What previously took weeks of coordination across teams was streamlined into a single, real-time view of our DORA compliance status.”

    Business Benefits

    The engagement delivered measurable operational and compliance improvements, including:

    • • Faster DORA readiness and improved audit preparedness.
    • • Reduced compliance gaps through centralized documentation and automation.
    • • Improved documentation efficiency and reduced manual audit effort.
    • • Real-time compliance monitoring and continuous visibility into controls.
    • • Increased stakeholder confidence and stronger operational resilience.
    • • Optimized internal processes and higher user adoption.
    • • Reduced operational risk while enabling teams to focus on strategic initiatives.

    “Achieving DORA compliance ahead of deadlines gave us confidence with regulators and customers alike. The increased visibility, faster response times, and reduced operational risk have become a real competitive advantage for our business.”

    Looking Ahead

    The customer continues to work with G’Secure Labs through an ongoing managed compliance and security model to maintain continuous DORA alignment. Future plans include expanding into additional EU and industry-specific frameworks, enhancing third-party risk management automation, and deepening security tooling integrations to further strengthen operational resilience.