• Build financial resilience with AI-powered tabletop exercises on Google Cloud Google Cloud Consulting Google Cloud Consulting Our most intelligent model available yet for complex tasks on Gemini Enterprise and Vertex AI In the financial sector, resilience isn’t optional. • Recent cloud outages have shown us exactly how fast critical data can disappear. • The risk is amplified by major regulatory drivers like theDigital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which mandates that financial institutions are ready for any disruption. • The recentdesignation of Google Cloudas aCritical Third-Party Service Provider (CTPP)under DORA further underscores this strong commitment to enabling secure and resilient financial operations for our customers. • Consider a major bank, with many critical apps processing thousands of transactions daily. • For them, a critical incident means more than just downtime; it means regulatory fines and an erosion of client trust.

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  • Google Cloud has introduced AI‑powered tabletop exercises designed to strengthen financial institutions’ operational resilience. Leveraging Gemini Enterprise, the new approach ingests a bank’s real‑world data-support tickets, architecture diagrams, billing metrics-to generate customized, context‑aware incident scenarios that reflect actual system vulnerabilities. The exercises involve cross‑functional teams, moving beyond the IT‑only focus of traditional drills, and simulate realistic disruptions such as latency spikes or data corruption. This initiative aligns with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and Google Cloud’s designation as a Critical Third‑Party Service Provider, aiming to help banks meet regulatory requirements and protect client trust.

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