Embedding security, controls, and governance into business applications to manage risk, support compliance, and strengthen operational resilience
Cloud controls security
Overview
Organizations rely on business applications such as CRM, HR, ERP and finance platforms to drive transformation, yet security, risks, quality, and internal controls are often addressed too late or inconsistently. Manual controls, fragmented governance, and sensitive access risks can increase compliance cost and operational exposure. PwC helps organizations integrate security, controls, and governance directly into business applications—improving risk management, strengthening trust, and enabling more efficient, compliant operations.
Market trends
Capabilities
- SaaS security monitoring and posture management
- Salesforce security assessments
- Salesforce controls integration
- Salesforce security integration
- Salesforce continuous security monitoring
- Workday security controls
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 security and compliance
- Oracle NetSuite security and compliance
- Integrated risk management (IRM)
- Project delivery, recovery, risk, and quality
SaaS security monitoring and posture management
Maintain ongoing protection across your SaaS ecosystem through automated, continuous oversight. We help organizations establish SaaS Security Posture Management programs that provide visibility into misconfigurations, identity and access risks, third-party integrations, and policy drift across cloud applications. Continuous monitoring enables timely identification of emerging exposures and supports a more proactive, scalable approach to SaaS security.
Salesforce security assessments
Identify and address security risks across your Salesforce environment with confidence. We deliver real-time security and control risk detection, evaluate Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) security configurations, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen your security posture. The result is clearer insight into financial, operational, and compliance-related risks across Salesforce environments.
Salesforce controls integration
Build controls directly into your Salesforce business processes for sustainable compliance. We design, build, and test Salesforce business process and IT general controls (ITGCs) through automated and manual controls embedded into your workflows. Controls are embedded into day‑to‑day operations, reinforcing efficiency while lowering the cost of compliance.
Salesforce security integration
Protect sensitive data and access across your Salesforce ecosystem with a role-based approach. We design, build, and test a Salesforce role-based access model focused on least-privileged principles, sensitive data protection, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. Access governance is structured around business roles and data sensitivity, aligned to regulatory expectations.
Salesforce continuous security monitoring
Maintain ongoing protection with automated, continuous oversight of your Salesforce environment. We enable SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) programs and continuous monitoring through Salesforce native products to maintain visibility and control. Continuous oversight enables timely identification of security risks, configuration changes, and inappropriate access as environments evolve.
Workday security controls
Protect your business and safeguard your data across Workday finance and HR transformations. We deliver security diagnostics, configuration services, and control transformation capabilities to address internal controls and compliance requirements. Native Workday controls are configured to reduce manual effort while strengthening access management and cost efficiency.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 security and compliance
Enhance your system’s integrity and compliance posture with PwC’s Microsoft Dynamics 365 security and compliance services. Our seasoned professionals help you align and adopt native Microsoft Dynamics 365 security features to support emerging compliance requirements and strengthen controls and governance frameworks. Our services include security and control implementations for Microsoft Dynamics 365 transformations (before, during and post go-live), IPO/SOX and deal readiness, compliance-focused assessments and remediation, and managed services. The result is reduced costs and improved risk management across your Microsoft Dynamics 365 transformation.
Oracle NetSuite security and compliance
Enhance your system’s integrity and compliance posture with PwC’s Oracle NetSuite security and compliance services. Our seasoned professionals help you align and adopt native Oracle NetSuite security features to support emerging compliance requirements and strengthen controls and governance frameworks. Our services include security and control implementations for Oracle NetSuite transformations (before, during and post go-live), IPO/SOX and deal readiness, compliance-focused assessments and remediation, and managed services. The result is reduced costs and improved risk management across your Oracle NetSuite transformation.
Integrated risk management (IRM)
Align and coordinate risk and compliance programs for greater efficiency and effectiveness. We help clients envision, design, launch, manage, and continually optimize their digital integrated risk management and compliance solutions. By establishing IRM target operating models, governance frameworks, and data analytics capabilities, we address duplicative programs that create risk management fatigue, enabling risk‑informed business decisions supported by connected data and technology.
Project delivery, recovery, risk, and quality
Keep initiatives on track and help recover them when they're not. We bring independent risk management and quality support together with disciplined processes and proven delivery practices, proactively mitigating the risks that matter most throughout the implementation lifecycle.
For struggling or failed initiatives, we provide hands-on delivery and recovery services, helping organizations uphold standards and obtain greater efficiency. By applying deep experience and proven approaches, we drive accountability, quality, and efficiency into how projects are delivered.
The result: key business outcomes achieved, failure rates reduced, and momentum restored.
Use cases
Security and controls are not embedded into Salesforce business processes, increasing financial, operational, and compliance risk. We design, build, and test security and controls directly within Salesforce workflows—so organizations can identify and manage risks earlier while reducing compliance effort across their Salesforce environments.
Internal controls and compliance are often overlooked during finance and HR transformations, resulting in manual controls, sensitive access challenges, and higher operating costs. We deliver security diagnostics, configuration services, and control transformation for Workday environments—so you can strengthen control effectiveness, protect sensitive data, and support compliant operations post go-live.
Risk and compliance programs are frequently viewed as manual, time-consuming, and disconnected from business value. Duplicative programs and fragmented data limit visibility and hinder decision-making. We help align and integrate risk and compliance activities through integrated risk management solutions—so you can reduce redundancy, improve transparency, and support more informed business decisions.
Many transformation initiatives struggle to deliver expected outcomes with industry research showing that a significant percentage of projects fail. Without disciplined delivery and risk oversight, organizations face delays and inefficiencies. We support project delivery and recovery efforts—so organizations can reinforce delivery standards, improve execution discipline, and increase the likelihood of successful transformation outcomes.
As digital transformation investment continues to grow, organizations face increasingly complex technology, security, and governance decisions. Without appropriate oversight, these decisions can introduce risk and undermine transformation objectives. We support the design and implementation of security and controls across enterprise platforms—so you can move forward with clearer governance structures and more effective risk management.
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