Germany remains a tight spot at its own data center

How sovereign is Germany really in the digital age?

In a recent guest post at Connect Professional Elmar Eperiesi-Beck from our Bare.ID management team takes a critical look at the dependence on foreign providers. He shows why the use of US technologies does not guarantee true independence even when they are operated within German data centers. It also makes clear what risks this entails for companies, institutions and, ultimately, the digital future of Europe.

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• “Technology in the basement” is not a security concept, but dangerous self-deception. Despite the use of US technology — “air-gapped” in our own data center — there is no control over the digital future. A deceptive step forward.
• Germany imports 96% of its digital services Current Bitkom figures show that most digital services come from abroad — and almost all companies regard this as a problem.
• A clear appeal: Strengthen GDPR-compliant open source solutions from Europe instead of continuing to rely on US providers. Flexible, secure alternatives have been around for a long time — without backdoors, expensive licenses or vendor lock‑ins. But German politics and business show too little courage to promote them.

Read the article at Connect Professional