Europe’s digital sovereignty agenda is legitimate and necessary. But the market cannot deliver homegrown solutions fast enough — spreading investment too thin risks building a monoculture that makes adversaries’ jobs easier. Meanwhile, Baltic cable sabotage, service termination by decree, and an unpredictable transatlantic relationship have turned theoretical cut-off scenarios into planning realities. This session delivers a practitioner framework for achieving both infrastructure sovereignty — can the service operate if your country is cut off? — and data sovereignty — who can access what, under which jurisdiction? — without sacrificing continuity. Stress-tested in both directions: as a foreign provider meeting local sovereignty requirements, and as a local provider proving resilience to international customers. Drawing on a national deployment built to operate even if its host country is internet-disconnected, attendees leave knowing which capabilities require EU-origin solutions — and which can be safely sourced abroad with the right architecture, legal controls, and governance.
