European Sovereign Cloud Preparation Assessment for Financial Industry

For financial institutions, the AWS European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) is not just a technological choice—it is a strategic imperative. It addresses stringent data residency, operational resilience, and regulatory requirements unique to the banking, insurance, and payments sectors. As an AWS Premier Partner and official ESC Launch Partner, PCG provides specialized consulting to help your institution securely leverage the full potential of sovereign cloud.

Our European Sovereign Cloud Preparation Assessment for Financial Industries delivers more than a technical review. You gain a board-ready roadmap for migrating and operating critical FSI workloads, aligned with your business drivers—from DORA compliance to systemic risk management—ensuring readiness from day one of ESC availability in Q4 2025.

Our assessment translates complex regulatory mandates from the EBA, BaFin, DORA, and GDPR into a clear architectural and operational framework. It also evaluates your security strategy and provides a practical actionable roadmap for adopting the ESC.

The PCG assessment aligns your information security and data privacy requirements with the capabilities of the AWS ESC, preparing your business to capture its full benefits.

Why Choose the European Sovereign Cloud Preparation Assessment for FSI?

This offering is designed for financial institutions already running AWS workloads and considering migration to the ESC for one or more of the following reasons:

• Master Regulatory Compliance – Proactively address requirements from DORA, GDPR, and NIS2.
• Fortify Customer Trust & Data Confidentiality – Keep data strictly within the EU, processed and supported by EU-resident personnel.
• Proactively Manage Geopolitical & Systemic Risk – De-risk cloud operations from geopolitical uncertainties.
• Enhance Resilience and Continuity – Leverage hyper-scaler technologies for reliable operations.
• Accelerate Secure Modernisation – Modernise legacy systems while maintaining compliance.

Key Deliverables

• Alignment with business risks, including geopolitical considerations.
• Feasibility assessment of ESC adoption for FSI workloads.
• Clear recommendations and an actionable roadmap.
• Assessment of interoperability with existing AWS workloads.
• Prioritisation and selection of ESC services.
• Management-ready report and stakeholder presentation.

PCG Strategy & Approach

We focus on delivering tangible business outcomes while ensuring full compliance and operational readiness. Our approach includes:

• Defining clear goals and expectations.
• Breaking down complex compliance and technical challenges using reference workloads.
• Conducting due diligence: criticality, quantity, and prioritisation.
• Developing a methodology for service comparison and risk validation.
• Facilitating workshops with technical and compliance teams.
• Iterative validation with customer stakeholders.

PCG Transition Framework: Four Key Pillars

We've developed a comprehensive framework addressing every critical aspect of your ESC transition, from technical feasibility to strategic alignment:

1. Infrastructure – Our AWS Architect reviews your current system architecture, ensures ESC compatibility, and validates that business-critical workloads meet performance and availability requirements.
2. Security & Compliance – Our Cybersecurity and Compliance specialists conduct gap analyses (GDPR, DORA, NIS2), map your requirements to ESC capabilities, and adapt existing security solutions for ESC readiness.
3. Operational Readiness – We ensure ESC integrates seamlessly with your existing AWS services, defining logging, monitoring, backup, and support requirements.
4. Business Alignment – We tailor ESC adoption to your institution’s objectives, balance standard AWS and ESC services, and plan for future growth, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience.

Get Started

Ensure your financial institution is ESC-ready from day one. Contact us today to schedule your European Sovereign Cloud Preparation Assessment for the Financial Industries and secure the benefits of European data sovereignty.