How to Maximize Cloud Benefit with Digital Sovereignty

Driven by changing worldwide privacy legislation and regulation, digital sovereignty has become a major concern for organizations worldwide. According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence 2023 Data Threat Report custom survey commissioned by Thales, more than four-fifths (83%) of organizations are concerned about the effect of sovereignty and privacy legislation on cloud deployment plans.

As a leader towards helping organizations simplify governance, achieve regulatory compliance, and reduce risk in the cloud, Thales commissioned S&P Global Market Intelligence to write a Pathfinder Paper to examine the various aspects of digital sovereignty. Some of the key findings help assist organizations with maintaining digital sovereignty.

Privacy, Safety, and Trust

Privacy, safety, and trust lie at the heart of digital sovereignty. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the most comprehensive legislative example of codifying these protections. Recent initiatives, including the European Union’s Gaia-X, France’s Cloud de Confidance, Australia’s Whole-of-government initiative, and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), all build upon the concepts of GDPR and but go considerably beyond privacy protection into the field of data and digital sovereignty.

Digital sovereignty regulations mandate that specific restricted or classified data and workloads reside and run in the desired geographic jurisdictions, being accessed only by users in the specific geographies. The proliferation of these regulations is forcing enterprises globally to consider how they will act in each locally governed jurisdiction where they do business. However when considering the cloud, that is easier said than done.

The Impact on Cloud Strategies

What complicates the situation is the high percentage of enterprises that are already multicloud. According to the Thales 2023 Data Threat Report, 79% of organizations are using at least one public cloud provider, and respondents on average are using 2.26 cloud providers

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