We Help You to Be Confidently Sovereign
Why your path to digital sovereignty is just as unique as your organization
Digital Sovereignty According to Your Needs
The crucial question is no longer whether, but how you can achieve digital sovereignty without losing your innovative strength or limiting the scalability of your IT and your business. We support you in securing your digital ability to act and turning resilience into a strategic strength. We are already helping organizations sharpen their strategic focus and confidence. Together, we develop solutions that fit your reality. For us, this means one thing above all: freedom of choice.
There is no either/or between technology partners, locations, or cloud strategies. What matters is that you have control over your data, can adapt critical processes, and identify and mitigate risks. With a smart balance of security, scalability, and flexibility, we create solutions that enable true independence—without compromising performance, innovation, or competitiveness.
In short, we give you the ability to be confidently sovereign. So that you, as a company, can make clear and self-determined decisions.
Decide with Confidence
We support you in determining your individual sovereignty requirements, assessing risks and developing a clear, practicable path to digital sovereignty.
Your Structured Path to Digital Sovereignty
Digital sovereignty is not a "one-size-fits-all" concept. Every organization has its own unique requirements and, accordingly, its own specific approach. In our orientation workshop, we’ll work together to define what digital sovereignty specifically means for your organization—strategically, functionally, and technologically.
In Focus:
- Integrating Digital Sovereignty into Your Organizational and IT Strategy
- Assessing Your Current IT and Cloud Landscape
- Identifying and Prioritizing Specific Areas for Action
- Defining a Realistic and Results-Oriented Roadmap
Result: A shared vision and a prioritized overview of relevant topics and areas of action—as the first solid building block on your path to digital sovereignty.
Assessing Digital Sovereignty Based on Specific Risks
Digital sovereignty is determined where dependencies, regulatory requirements, or technological lock-in effects create concrete risks. We systematically identify these risks, assess their impact on your organization, and provide transparency regarding your level of sovereignty. Based on this, we analyze your existing IT and cloud landscape and define targeted measures to sustainably strengthen your digital sovereignty.
In Focus:
- Identification of critical dependencies (e.g., cloud providers, proprietary technologies, data access)
- Assessment of Regulatory, Operational, and Technological Risks
- Analysis of Your Scope for Control and Action in Terms of Data, Operational, and Technological Sovereignty
Result: A customized assessment report featuring a transparent list of risks and their prioritization, an individual sovereignty profile, and specific, actionable recommendations for targeted risk reduction.
Embedding Digital Sovereignty at the Strategic Level
Digital sovereignty is not a single IT measure, but rather a strategic, cross-functional requirement that impacts technology, governance, risk management, and the value creation architecture across the entire enterprise. We support you in systematically integrating digital sovereignty into your existing strategic landscape, aligning it consistently, and embedding it sustainably. The goal is to develop a robust, interoperable, and implementation-oriented overall strategy for digital sovereignty.
In Focus:
- Strategic assessment of the current situation, definition of goals, and establishment of clear guidelines
- Strategic Integration into the Strategic Landscape & Alignment
- Operationalization Path (Roadmap, Operational Areas of Focus, Actions)
- Management Enablement & Decision Support
Result: A market analysis, a structured strategy paper, and a management summary to strengthen digital sovereignty in your company
Digital Sovereignty as a Mandate for Shaping the Future
Arvato Systems works with you to identify your individual requirements and translates them into concrete technical and organizational solutions - from secure Cloud architectures, modern data platforms, to resilient operating models.
Digital sovereignty means more than just choosing a cloud platform. It encompasses architecture, data strategies, operating models, governance, and security and compliance. The cloud is a key enabler here - but always part of a holistic approach. A decisive lever is the Cloud architecture. It forms the foundation for scalability, innovation, and technological independence.
Multicloud is therefore a central element of our digital sovereignty. Through sovereign multi-cloud architectures, we create freedom of choice and the ability to switch. We combine hyperscaler technologies with sovereign operations- and data models - from Delos Cloud to Sovereign Services up to On-Prem-Setups. This gives organizations control over where and how their workloads are run.
Understand. Securing. Shape.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Digital Sovereignty
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What does digital sovereignty mean for companies in Germany and Europe?
For companies in Germany and Europe, digital sovereignty means using digital technologies, cloud services, data, and IT infrastructures in a self-determined, secure, and legally compliant manner. The focus is on data sovereignty, freedom of choice, and control, regardless of whether European or international technology providers are used. The goal is to minimize digital dependencies and secure the company’s ability to act independently within the European legal framework in the long term.
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Why is digital sovereignty so important for German and European companies?
For companies in Germany and the EU, digital sovereignty is a key competitive factor. Regulatory requirements such as the GDPR, NIS2, and DORA, along with geopolitical risks and growing cyber threats, make it clear that: Those who lack control over data, cloud infrastructures, and digital processes risk having their ability to operate as a business restricted. Digital sovereignty protects against vendor lock-ins, increases resilience, and creates strategic security.
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Is digital sovereignty synonymous with complete independence or self-sufficiency?
No. Digital sovereignty does not mean doing without international cloud providers or modern platform technologies. Rather, it is about making informed decisions: Companies retain control over data, risks, and dependencies—regardless of where they operate or which technologies they use. Digital sovereignty means freedom of choice rather than coercion.
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What role does cloud sovereignty play in digital sovereignty?
It ensures that companies can use cloud technologies without losing control over their data, access, and compliance.
In Germany and Europe in particular, the question of where data is processed, which legal jurisdiction governs it, and how migration and exit scenarios are structured is becoming increasingly important. Sovereign cloud strategies combine scalability with compliance with European law.
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How can companies avoid vendor lock-in and strengthen their digital sovereignty?
Digital sovereignty is achieved through strategic architecture and technology decisions. These include:
- Open Standards and Interoperability
- Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies
- Data and Workload Portability
- Clear exit and transition strategies
- Transparent governance and control mechanisms
This is how companies ensure their technological freedom of choice and remain flexible in the long term.
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What legal and regulatory requirements influence digital sovereignty in the EU?
Ever since digital sovereignty has been incorporated into the German federal government’s digital strategy, as well as into the European Commission’s Digital Agenda 2025, the policy requirements have become clear. Digital sovereignty in Europe is also significantly shaped by regulatory requirements, including:
- GDPR
- NIS2 Directive
- Digital Markets Act (DMA)
- Digital Services Act (DSA)
- Cyber Resilience Act
These regulations strengthen data protection, security, and transparency—and make a sovereign IT and cloud strategy indispensable for companies in Germany and Europe.
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How can companies strategically embed digital sovereignty?
Digital sovereignty should be viewed as an integral part of corporate strategy. This involves identifying dependencies on individual technology providers, defining clear requirements for data protection, transparency, and interoperability, and establishing appropriate governance structures. A modern, flexible IT and data architecture, the targeted use of open standards, and the ongoing training of employees lay the foundation for making technology decisions autonomously and remaining capable of acting effectively in the long term. This is not about complete independence, but rather the ability to make informed and deliberate decisions regarding the use of digital technologies.
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How does Arvato Systems support companies on their path to digital sovereignty?
Arvato Systems supports companies with a holistic approach: from strategic consulting to technology implementation and cloud selection, all the way to the deployment of sovereign IT architectures. Arvato Systems is a German, sovereign operator of the sovereign DELOS Cloud and thus also provides operational services to companies. The key point here is that sovereignty is not a one-size-fits-all solution.
We develop solutions tailored to your regulatory requirements, your business model, and your specific sovereignty needs—so you can confidently exercise your sovereignty.
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