Digital sovereignty and the role of data marketplaces

Hi everyone 👋

Huwise has published an ebook on digital sovereignty for Chief Data Officers and Chief Information Officers. Here is what it covers.

Digital sovereignty now goes beyond compliance. The ebook names three sources of business risk : political decisions or conflicts can cut access to IT systems, AI models or data centers overnight. Vendor lock-in often sits in the application layer, so an organization can host its data on a sovereign cloud and still depend on a single vendor to access, govern or share it. AI adds a third risk, because token prices, model availability and vendor strategy are outside the organization’s control.

The ebook compares data and AI sovereignty rules in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union and the Middle East, from least to most restrictive.

It then sets out a five-step process for CDOs and CIOs:

1. Educate the board and list the laws that apply to you.
2. Establish and prioritize risks with Gartner’s TPESTRE framework.
3. Implement technical controls.
4. Establish governance and infrastructure.
5. Monitor regulations and vendors, and adapt.

The last chapters explain how a data marketplace gives an organization one governed access point to its data, whatever cloud stores it and whatever tool or AI model uses it. 

👉 Read the full ebook here 👈

How does sovereignty show up in your data projects today: as a compliance requirement, a board-level topic, or not yet on the agenda? Share your experience in the comments.