AWS European Sovereign Cloud is a new, independent cloud computing for European customers. It is designed to help entities, including those from the public sector, meet the most rigorous operational and legal requirements for data storage - AWS representatives informed.
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AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be launched on German territory, where it will be physically separated from the existing AWS areas and available to all customers in Europe. At the same time, it is supposed to offer the same level of security, availability, and performance as the other AWS systems. Entities using the European Sovereign Cloud services will also have full control over the data and a guarantee that AWS will not use them for its own purposes. They will also gain access to the strongest mechanisms securing data independence - AWS representatives assure.
The new cloud computing will enable storage on EU territory of all metadata created by customers such as labels, data categories or configurations. It will also be equipped with its own billing and measurement systems. Operational issues and support for AWS European Sovereign Cloud will be entrusted exclusively to employees permanently residing in the EU territory.
- The introduction of AWS European Sovereign Cloud reflects our desire for customers to have access to the most advanced set of tools for controlling independence, privacy protection mechanisms, and security features available in the cloud environment - said Max Peterson, Deputy Head of Sovereign Cloud at AWS.
- For over a decade, we have been working with governments and regulatory bodies across Europe to understand and meet changing needs in the field of cybersecurity, privacy, and data location, and more recently, so-called digital sovereignty. Thanks to the new offer, our customers and partners across Europe will have more choice when it comes to achieving the required operational independence, while maintaining the same wide range of cloud services that millions of them already use - he added.
The information about AWS European Sovereign Cloud was positively received by European regulatory bodies, including the German Federal Office for Information Security, the Finnish Ministry of Finance, and the Czech National Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency.
AWS currently offers cloud infrastructure covering 102 availability zones in thirty-two geographic regions. The launch of fifteen additional availability zones and five additional AWS regions in Canada, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Thailand is planned.
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