Dawn Technology Publishes a New White Paper: Digital Sovereignty

From Boardroom Jargon to Real Life

Digital sovereignty may sound like an abstract boardroom term, but in practice it’s very simple: who really has control over your applications, data, and technological infrastructure?

Recent research by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) shows that over 90% of Dutch digital government environments currently rely heavily on U.S. cloud providers. This entails geopolitical risks, makes it difficult to maintain compliance, and creates a restrictive vendor lock-in. When a critical digital provider experiences outages or policy changes, your organization must be able to continue operating independently.

To regain control of your digital infrastructure, you need a practical action plan. In this white paper, our experts explain how to translate your ambitions for digital autonomy into an approved business case and a targeted implementation strategy.

What will you learn in this white paper?

In this publication, we bridge the gap between strategic discussions and the actual implementation of digital sovereignty in practice:

• The strategic drivers of the business case: Why a business case is needed to substantiate why an investment or change adds value and whether it is financially and strategically sound. It also helps decision-makers objectively weigh risks, costs, benefits, and alternatives.
• The EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework Deconstructed: How to use the 8 Sovereignty Objectives (SOV) and 5 SEAL levels as an objective procurement framework—your “license to buy.”
• Our practical 4-step approach: How to make the transition to a flawless “license-to-operate” by identifying your crown jewels, assigning responsibilities, becoming technologically agile, and choosing the right European alternative.
• The Sovereign Application Landing Zone: How to design, build, and implement an application landing zone that enables the achievement of digital sovereignty objectives.

Meet the Authors

“After all the strategic discussions about digital sovereignty, we must now take concrete action through triple-helix collaboration to implement these strategies and focus on results.”

— Frido Hageman, Director of Government Affairs at Dawn Technology

“The transition from vendor lock-in to independence isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity for regaining control over your own data.”

— Ivo Jansch, CTO at Dawn Technology

“Digital autonomy is essential to the digital success of the Netherlands as a business.”

— Wolf Marcuse, Director of Digital Platforms at Dawn Technology