Cloud security solutions and consulting

In today's digital age, securing your multi-cloud environment is critical. We offer tailored cloud security solutions aligned to your cloud adoption strategy that enable protection of your data, compliance and innovation.

Our expertise spans the entire cloud journey, from initial strategy, migration to advanced security operations, enabling your cloud transformation to be secure and resilient.

Our approach

At PwC Canada, we build security strategies tailored to your organization’s industry, regulatory environment, cloud adoption strategy and business goals. Our approach includes:

Client-centric security strategy: We prioritize understanding your specific business objectives and regulatory requirements to develop a security strategy that aligns with your goals.

Continuous innovation and future-readiness: We stay at the forefront of cloud security by continuously adapting to emerging trends and threats. Our approach enables your cloud environment to be secure and future-ready, allowing you to innovate with confidence

Holistic solutions: Our end-to-end services cover cloud security, from architecture design to incident response.

Advanced technologies and automation: We follow a vendor-agnostic approach while delivering and maintaining expertise across the major cloud service providers. We implement automation across security processes to enhance efficiency, reduce human error and enable consistent application of security controls. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies, we help you stay ahead of emerging threats and trends.

How we can help

Our service offerings are tailored to align with your organization’s cloud adoption journey, whether you’re building a foundational security baseline, securing workloads during migration or enabling advanced capabilities to innovate securely. We don't just enable the security of your cloud—we help unlock its full potential, enabling a resilient cloud transformation.

Cloud security assessment and strategy: Take a foundational approach aligned to key goals and objectives for the cloud security function and the overall cyber strategy.

Secure architecture: Define robust architectural points of view, positions and leading practices to enable secure and scalable cloud adoption from the ground up.

Secure landing zone: Design and deploy a secure foundation that sets the stage for compliant and future-ready cloud operations.

Secure cloud consumption: Implement enterprise-grade Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines with embedded security checks to enable automated, consistent and risk-mitigated cloud resource deployments.

IaC modules development and deployment: Establish a service catalogue mechanism to deploy only pre-approved, security-compliant cloud resources at scale, driving efficiency and governance.

Cloud migration and multi-cloud extension: Migrate infrastructure, workloads and applications securely to the cloud and deploy secure multi-cloud architectures.

Security engineering, implementation and standardization: Develop a unified framework to codify security and compliance policies, enabling them to be enforced automatically across multi-cloud environments.

Secure data pipeline: Deploy secure data flows to protect sensitive information at every stage of its life cycle in the cloud.

IAM (includes PAM): Leverage code-first approaches to implement identity and access management (IAM) controls, enabling efficient management of identities and permissions.

Secrets management: Implement and automate key vault solutions to securely store, manage and rotate sensitive credentials, keys and secrets.

Container security: Build a comprehensive security framework to protect containerized environments, enabling run-time protection and adherence to compliance standards.

CNAPP: Facilitate vendor evaluation, requests for proposal, proof of concepts and strategic roadmaps for implementing cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPP).

Zero trust/SASE: Architect advanced zero-trust and secure access service edge (SASE) solutions to redefine secure access and data protection in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

AI security framework and operating model implementation: Establish a comprehensive framework to enable the secure development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, addressing risks such as data privacy, model integrity and ethical AI practices.

MLSecOps/AISecOps: Implement and scale AI/machine learning (ML)-based security operations to enhance automation, improve threat visibility and accelerate remediation.

Why PwC Canada?

Deep cloud security expertise: We bring decades of experience in designing and delivering cloud security strategies for global enterprises, combining deep technical knowledge with industry-specific insights to address your unique challenges.
End-to-end security solutions: Our services span the entire cloud journey—from foundational security to advanced innovation—enabling end-to-end implementation, measurable outcomes and sustained resilience.

Vendor-agnostic, client-first approach: As trusted advisers, we provide recommendations tailored to your needs, leveraging strategic relationships with leading content security policies and cybersecurity vendors to deliver the most effective solutions.
Innovation driven and operationally focused: We combine cutting-edge technologies with AI-powered methodologies to secure your cloud and enable continuous innovation and operational excellence.

Cloud security technology alliances

We maintain alliances with major cloud security technology companies to provide more value to you. PwC conducts global systems integration engagements for AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Wiz, Palo Alto and others.

Learn more about our alliances