Over the last 20 years, digital innovations have had a profound impact on our daily lives, while simultaneously driving innovation and transformation for governments and businesses. However, when presidents, prime ministers, and CEOs alike talk about data, it’s clear that something different is happening.
As global geopolitical uncertainty persists, the topic of data sovereignty is top of mind for governments, regulators, and businesses. Defined as the principle that data is subject to the laws and governance structures of the country in which it is collected or stored, data sovereignty is about who has the authority to dictate how data is managed, accessed, and used, particularly in an increasingly minterconnected and data-driven world.
The likely introduction of regulations and government directives to create sovereign capabilities and the dynamic AI landscape are making the topic of data sovereignty more urgent. This position brief was developed to shine a spotlight on the issue, raise awareness of the risks of inaction on data sovereignty, and stress the urgency for organisations to act in order to mitigate these risks.
To inform this position brief, Pure Storage commissioned the University of Technology Sydney to capture organisations’ views of the data sovereignty landscape. The pulse survey, deployed across nine countries— Australia, New Zealand, India, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea in Asia Pacific and the United Kingdom (UK), France, and Germany in Europe—included interviews with a diverse range of experts and practitioners from across industry, the research sector, and data governance leadership.
