Open source for a sovereign public sector

How digital sovereignty is really achieved — and why open source alone is not enough

Digital sovereignty is now a strategic necessity for public authorities. But how can it be implemented in practice? In the latest article on eGovernment.de, Bare.ID CEO Elmar Eperiesi-Beck shows which technical, organizational and regulatory components public authorities need to achieve true digital sovereignty.

Among other things, the article highlights:

• European supply chains — why origin and operator structures are decisive for risk and compliance assessments.
• Open-source auditability — how verifiable code creates security, but only becomes sovereign in conjunction with professional operation.
• Provision in accordance with European law — why hosting and legal space are inextricably linked to digital sovereignty.
• Independence from individual providers — how authorities avoid vendor lock-in and ensure their ability to act in the long term.
• Contractually secured data sovereignty — why legal control over identities, logs and administrative access is essential.
• COSS instead of “do-it-yourself open source” — why commercial open source software is the practical way to manage.