Cloud awareness

This course aims to present global and local trends in cloud adoption, including in the financial services sector in Luxembourg. It covers the key areas of the evolving regulatory landscape around the cloud in Europe and Luxembourg, as well as the main considerations for a successful cloud transformation and its implications on strategy, organisation, security and finance.

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

• what are the trends in cloud adoption in the EU and locally;
• what is the regulatory landscape for cloud in the EU and Luxembourg;
• where is your organisation in its cloud adoption journey and how to design the right cloud strategy for your business;
• how to assess implications of cloud adoption on the financial and organisational structure;
• what are the key security considerations for the cloud.

1. Identify yourself where you stand within the cloud adoption journey

2. Cloud transformation trends

• Evolution of cloud
• What is the situation of cloud adoption worldwide and in Luxembourg

3. Regulatory landscape

• Evolution of regulatory landscape in Eu and Luxembourg
• Understand the CSSF outsourcing circular
• Understand the DORA regulatory outlook

4. Key considerations for a cloud transformation

• Assess financial implications of cloud adoption
• Assess organisational implications of cloud adoption
• Design a cloud strategy tailored to your business need
• Key security considerations for cloud adoption

This training is coordinated by Patrice Witz, Partner and Stéphane Zema, Director at PwC Luxembourg.

Patrice is in charge of the Technology Consulting within financial services and has more than 22 years of IT strategy and transformation experience, across industries and particularly in the finance industry in Luxembourg, Belgium and France. He is overseeing digital, cloud and EMT activities across advisory.

He has led multiple engagement involving the definition of enterprise architecture functions, reviewing specific EA domains. As such, Patrice has also participated to IT modernisation programmes including infrastructure, cloud, SaaS amongst others.

Stéphane is leading the cloud and ICT infrastructure services at PwC (technology consulting). He has over 16 years of experience in the field of ICT infrastructure.

He supports his clients with their cloud transformation, addressing aspects such as strategy, architecture, governance, compliance, implementation and operational aspects.

He has a strong experience as programme manager and technical expert and is able to interact with CxO level as well as with operational field experts.