Digital Sovereignty Framework
Digital Sovereignty Framework: How to Assess Your Organization’s Real Risk Exposure
Executive Summary
Most organizations have built their digital sovereignty strategy on a foundation that is
necessary but insufficient: data residency. Choosing the right country for a data center addresses location. It does not address control, and control is where the actual risk lives.
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