Digital sovereignty has become a strategic imperative for European companies. 
As digital transformation accelerates, cyber threats multiply, and regulatory frameworks evolve rapidly, it is becoming essential for every organization to retain control over its digital destiny. 

However, digital sovereignty goes far beyond a purely technological issue. It encompasses national dimensions (a country’s ability to make independent decisions), economic dimensions (control over value chains), operational dimensions (resilience and business continuity), legal dimensions (the regulatory framework governing data and services), and innovation dimensions (control over infrastructures and data). Its objective is to safeguard the autonomy of organizations, while still enabling them to fully leverage the opportunities offered by cloud technologies and innovation. 

Adopting a pragmatic approach to digital sovereignty means turning this challenge into a driver of growth, resilience, and differentiation in an increasingly competitive market. This white paper aims to outline the key challenges of digital sovereignty and to introduce a riskbased analysis framework to support strategic decisionmaking at executive committee level.