Sovereignty

Digital Sovereignty and the Public Cloud: Navigating Azure in a European context Introduction: Why digital sovereignty matters Over the past decade, cloud adoption has shifted from an optional innovation to the standard approach for many. In Europe, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud are the foundation of digital infrastructure. However, a key question has arisen: who really controls your data and workloads? This is the heart of digital sovereignty, the ability of a state, organization, or individual to shape their digital future. It’s not just about where data is stored, but also about who can access it, under what laws, and with what safeguards in place. For cloud engineers and DevOps professionals, sovereignty may have seemed abstract until it began to affect core architecture decisions, such as encryption, multi-cloud strategy, and operational governance. ...

Introduction In the rapidly changing cloud landscape, security and privacy are key concerns for businesses and individuals alike. Confidential Compute turns out to be a possible solution, ensuring sensitive data remains private and secure even in shared computing environments. In this blog post, I want to explain the concept of Confidential Compute in general and explore the specifics of how Azure has implemented confidential compute and how this can help with cloud sovereignty. ...