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Tag: data sovereignty
Podcast: Empowering organizations to address their digital sovereignty requirements with AWS
Developing strategies to navigate the evolving digital sovereignty landscape is a top priority for organizations operating across industries and in the public sector. With data privacy, security, and compliance requirements becoming increasingly complex, organizations are seeking cloud solutions that provide sovereign controls and flexibility. Recently, Max Peterson, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Vice President of Sovereign […]
Announcing initial services available in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, backed by the full power of AWS
August 8, 2024: We updated this post to include Amazon Neptune on the initial service list. July 16, 2024: We updated this post to include AWS Wickr on the initial service list. English | French | German | Italian | Spanish Last month, we shared that we are investing €7.8 billion in the AWS European […]
AWS plans to invest €7.8B into the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, set to launch by the end of 2025
The AWS European Sovereign Cloud, launching in 2025, is backed by a €7.8B investment in infrastructure, jobs creation, and skills development.
Introducing a new AWS whitepaper: Does data localization cause more problems than it solves?
Spanish version Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently released a new whitepaper, Does data localization cause more problems than it solves?, as part of the AWS Innovating Securely briefing series. The whitepaper draws on research from Emily Wu’s paper Sovereignty and Data Localization, published by Harvard University’s Belfer Center, and describes how countries can realize similar […]
Disaster recovery compliance in the cloud, part 2: A structured approach
August 21, 2023: This post has been updated in recognition of the announcement of the second Canadian Region to be opened in Calgary in late 2023 / early 2024. Compliance in the cloud is fraught with myths and misconceptions. This is particularly true when it comes to something as broad as disaster recovery (DR) compliance […]
Disaster recovery compliance in the cloud, part 1: Common misconceptions
Compliance in the cloud can seem challenging, especially for organizations in heavily regulated sectors such as financial services. Regulated financial institutions (FIs) must comply with laws and regulations (often in multiple jurisdictions), global security standards, their own corporate policies, and even contractual obligations with their customers and counterparties. These various compliance requirements may impose constraints […]