What is sovereign cloud?

Sovereign cloud combines regionally governed infrastructure with legal, operational and security controls designed around data residency, jurisdiction, access and regulatory requirements.

What is data sovereignty?

Data sovereignty concerns control over where data resides, how it is processed and protected, who can access it and which jurisdiction applies.

What is sovereign cloud security?

Sovereign cloud security protects data, workloads and cloud operations while addressing requirements for residency, privileged access, technical control and legal jurisdiction.

How does AI affect sovereignty?

AI introduces additional requirements around training data residency, model integrity, inferencing boundaries and AI pipeline security within defined operational and jurisdictional boundaries.

How is sovereign cloud readiness assessed?

Sovereign cloud readiness assessment examines governance, security, operations, identity, architecture and compliance capabilities, supported by technical evidence and documented controls.

Sovereign cloud security for the AI era

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NTT DATA’s Sovereign Cloud Security framework

Sovereign cloud requires more than controlling where data and workloads reside. As AI adoption accelerates, organizations need a structured way to translate regulatory, security and operational requirements into controls they can assess, verify and strengthen.

NTT DATA’s Sovereign Cloud Security Framework provides an evidence-based approach spanning data, operational, technical and legal and jurisdictional sovereignty, with a methodology for assessing readiness, identifying gaps, prioritizing remediation and establishing continuous assurance.

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Organizations that do not control their data and infrastructure do not control their AI

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Vamshidhar Seetha

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Capability Lead - Cloud Security