Cloud governance

In today’s multi-cloud world, agility is essential for control, but without governance, chaos becomes a serious risk. This course dives into cloud governance, showing how organisations can enforce rules, maintain accountability, and make confident decisions across their cloud environments. Governance goes beyond policies and roles; it spans critical domains such as security, resilience, finance, connectivity, and DevOps. By mastering governance, your cloud infrastructure becomes more than just functional; it becomes a strategic asset that drives performance, ensures compliance, and fuels innovation.

By the end of this training, the participants will be able to:

• understand the fundamental elements of cloud governance, covering operational excellence, reliability, performance efficiency, security and cost optimisation;
• learn how to align cloud governance with corporate strategy, regulatory obligations, and risk management priorities;
• explore practical frameworks and examples across the eight key governance domains to drive accountability, consistency, and operational resilience.

1. Introduction and overview

• Why cloud governance matters: risks, opportunities, and strategic impact
• Course objectives

2. Core principles of cloud governance

• Policies, roles, accountability
• Aligning governance with strategy and regulations

3. Governance domains deep dive

• Organisational structure
• Identity and security: access controls, identity management, etc.
• Resilience and business continuity: disaster recovery and business continuity planning, redundancy, etc.
• Financial management: cost visibility, chargeback/showback, optimisation, etc.
• Network connectivity
• Compliance: regulatory alignment, audit readiness, and data sovereignty
• Service management: operational controls, monitoring, and SLAs
• DevOps and cloud operations: integration of governance into continuous integration / continuous development, automation, etc.

4. Integrating governance across domains

• Ensuring consistency, accountability, and operational excellence

5. Practical application and case studies

• Real-world examples and PwC frameworks in action

6. Tools, metrics and continuous improvement

• Governance KPIs, dashboards, and automation

7. Summary and next steps

• Key takeaways and implementation guidance

This training is coordinated by Stéphane Zema, Director and Petr Rudnitskiy, Senior Manager at PwC Luxembourg.

Stéphane Zema is a director at PwC specialising in cloud and ICT infrastructure services with over 16 years of experience. He leads cloud transformation initiatives, focusing on strategy, architecture, governance, compliance, implementation, and operations. Stéphane has strong expertise as a programme manager and technical expert, engaging effectively with both CxO-level executives and operational field specialists. His technical proficiency spans cloud computing (Microsoft Azure, AWS, sovereign cloud), IT infrastructure, digital workplace solutions, mobile networks, and project management. He has contributed to major projects for clients including the European Investment Bank, European Parliament, NATO, and various European agencies, national ministries, and telecommunications companies.

Petr is working in PwC technology consulting team and has a strong technical experience in cloud, SRE and IT infrastructure projects during over 16 years of experience in the different industries and markets.