Data sovereignty
CLOUD Act and storage: Where jurisdiction matters
Data residency answers where data sits. The US CLOUD Act raises a different question: who can be compelled to hand it over. Since 2018, a provider subject to ...
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Hybrid cloud data sovereignty: Keeping control when data spans environments
A regional bank keeps customer records in its own data centers and runs analytics in a public cloud. A ministry stores case files on premises and uses a cloud ...
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What is ISMAP and what does it mean for cloud storage in Japan?
A Japanese ministry wants to move a records system to the cloud. A SaaS company wants to sell to local governments. A domestic cloud provider wants its storage ...
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How do UAE organizations meet data residency rules?
A hospital group in Abu Dhabi is modernizing its imaging archive. A bank in Dubai is replacing its backup infrastructure. A government entity is building a ...
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What do UK government security classifications mean for data storage?
A UK government department plans to consolidate file shares and archives onto object storage. A local authority evaluates a hosted backup service. A supplier ...
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What is BSI C5 and does storage need to meet it?
A German hospital network evaluates a cloud provider for clinical data. A federal agency reviews a software vendor's hosting. A service provider wants to sell ...
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What is SecNumCloud and what does it require from storage?
A French ministry wants to move a sensitive case management system to the cloud. A hospital group needs a hosting provider for patient records. A regional ...
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Sovereign cloud architecture: Mapping external control
A cloud platform can store every production record inside one country while relying on an overseas service to approve administrator logins. Its backups can ...
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Data sovereignty procurement: Checking subcontractors
A storage contract is signed with one company. The system it delivers is usually run with help from several others: a colocation provider holding the racks, a ...
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Sovereign storage operations: Who can change the system?
Residency controls answer where bytes sit. They do not answer who can change how the system treats them. A firmware package from a hardware vendor, an ...