The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a regulation implemented by the European Union to enhance the cybersecurity and operational resilience of its financial sector, officially effective from January 2023, with mandatory compliance by January 2025. DORA mandates comprehensive Information Communication Technology (ICT) risk management, harmonizing cybersecurity guidelines across financial institutions, including banks, insurers, and ICT service providers, to prevent and recover from cyber incidents. The regulation encompasses five pillars: ICT risk management, ICT incident management, digital operational resilience testing, managing ICT third-party risk, and information sharing arrangements. It urges financial entities to adopt a risk-based approach to application security, emphasizing continuous monitoring, threat detection, and response to maintain a resilient IT environment. DORA also stresses the importance of managing third-party risks and encourages information sharing to enhance collective understanding and preparedness for cyber threats. Dynatrace offers solutions to aid organizations in achieving DORA compliance by leveraging its observability and security platform equipped with AI capabilities.