NATO's battle for cloud sovereignty: Speed is existential

A NATO Assistant Secretary General emphasized the strategic imperative of sovereign, secure cloud infrastructure to enable faster decision-making, intelligence sharing, and operational readiness, highlighting trade-offs between sovereignty and scalability, and advocating open standards, interoperability, and industry collaboration. The speech outlined dimensions of sovereignty (data access/location, operational, and technological resilience) and urged urgency in adopting AI, quantum-resilient cryptography, and modernized digital backbones, while noting UK funding initiatives for drone and counter-drone technologies.