The Sovereignty Bluff: Why We Are Tenants in Our Own Business
Executive Summary: The Risk: We have legal ownership of our cloud data, but no operational possession. If a vendor locks us out, we stop functioning. The Compliance Gap: Current SaaS backups likely fail DORA/NIS2 requirements because they cannot be restored without the vendor's cooperation. The Solution: A "Lifeboat Architecture" that keeps a neutral, vendor-independent copy of critical data, allowing you to operate a "Minimum Viable Company" during a crisis. We celebrate our "Cloud First" strategies and lull ourselves into a false sense of security because our contracts guarantee us "ownership" of the data. But when the plug is pulled — whether by technical outages, geopolitical tensions, or a simple blocked credit card — the brutal truth is revealed: We have ownership, but we do n...