Germany Mandates Digital Sovereignty in Procurement and the Great European AI Regulation Debate
GERMANY TO SET NEW PROCUREMENT RULES FOR PUBLIC MARKETS The German Bundestag on 23 April 2026 adopted the “𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇” (Procurement Acceleration Act) whic not only includes some simplification measures but fundamentally restructures public procurement. The objective is to accelerate procedures, reduce documentation and verification burdens, raise thresholds for direct awards (up to €50,000) and strengthen […]
CDC Group’s Sovereignty Roadmap, Poland’s Cybersecurity Surge, and US University Data Breaches
CDC GROUP STRATEGY ON RESILIENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY We here below reproduce a post by Arnaud Martin, CDC Group Operations risks director, on their choices regarding IT systems. CDC Group is a proud member of the ECA. Digital transformation must not come at the expense of security or strategic autonomy. This is why, within the Caisse […]
Quantum Leaps in Delft, AI Scaling with CDC, and CYSAT Space Cyber Summit
AI CDC GROUP WILL RELY ON SOPRA STERIA TO DEPLOY GEN AND AGENTIC AI The two companies have signed a global agreement for a period of 4 years. Besides infrastructure and orchestration, the project includes applications such as : advanced search, specific agents for security, HR, or procurement, contract analysis … This will rely on […]
German Cloud Sovereignty: BSI C5 and C3A Standards Mandate Confidential Computing
ENCLAIVE COMMENTS GERMAN MOVE AHEAD ON CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING Our German member ENCLAIVE informs on interesting developments in Germany, regarding use of confidential computing, a domain of expertise for ENCLAIVE. « C5 » and « C3A », quoted below, are sectorial cybersecurity rules enforced by the national Agency BDI. A brief update from the Sovereignty discussion […]