What counts as sovereign in the cloud?

Exploring the legal and practical challenges and opportunities for both customers and providers

France, EU to take landmark decisions on cloud sovereignty requirements

French MPs and EU cybersecurity agency ENISA are expected to take landmark decisions on cloud cybersecurity on 10 and 15 April, respectively, amid concerns ofย  espionage and fragmentation of the EU cloud market.

Confusion after French government shoots down amendments supporting its own sovereign cloud strategy

In their rush to vote down burdensome amendments on a bill regulating consulting companies, Renaissance MPs also voted down amendments that support its own cloud security strategy – casting doubt as to its consistency in pushing the scheme forward.

Europe lacks courage in pursuing digital sovereignty, cloud service CEO says

EU policymakers should have the “courage and fair-mindedness” to pursue a sovereign cloud and regulate American cloud providers under the EU antitrust law on digital markets, Michel Paulin, CEO of the leading French provider OVHcloud, told Euractiv in …

EU Commissionโ€™s โ€œmulti-cloud strategyโ€ raises consistency questions

US cloud service Oracle advertised that the European Commission decided to include Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services into its offerings, raising consistency questions with its proposed cloud security schemes.