Episode summary
When a cloud provider admits under oath that it cannot guarantee foreign governments won't access your data, what is your plan? In this episode of The Data Wire, host Shawn Rosemarin sits down with Patrick Smith, VP and Field CTO for EMEA at Everpure (and a former 25-year financial services technology buyer), to explore why data sovereignty has transformed from a regulatory tick-box into a critical boardroom survival risk. Key Topics: • Why 88% of executives fear sovereignty failures could cost them their jobs—while 64% still have no formal plan. • The limits of the AWS European Sovereign…
Chapters
- 00:00 — – Introduction: Why Data Sovereignty Has Become Urgent
- 02:06 — – Shifting Focus: From Data Location to Corporate Risk
- 05:33 — – What the AWS Isolation Test Proves — and What It Doesn't
- 08:26 — – Assessing SaaS Risk, Criticality, and Service Dependencies
- 10:49 — – Building and Rehearsing a Minimum Viable Company
- 13:13 — – Why Enterprise Sovereignty Strategies Lag Behind the Risk
- 15:11 — – The EU Cloud Sovereignty Scale: From Level Zero to Four
- 18:13 — – New Frontiers: Sovereignty Challenges for AI Models and Agents
- 22:05 — – Protecting AI Pipelines, Inference Layers, and RAG Data
- 24:17 — – Hunting for Sensitive Data Hidden in Uncontrolled Sprawl
- 26:56 — – Tactical Action Steps: What Sovereignty-Ready Organizations Do Next
- 28:36 — – Conclusion: Why Sovereignty Now Belongs in the Boardroom
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