75% of European businesses fear a US tech kill switch - American companies should, too

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• More than half could operate for only one day without cloud access.
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• Vendor diversity and tested backups can limit costly disruptions.

Close to 75% of European businesses fear the prospect of a kill switch that revokes their access to tech and infrastructure provided by companies in the United States. With geopolitical tensions rising, companies in the US need to rethink their strategies, too.

Digital sovereignty, the ability of an organization, state, or country to handle its own digital infrastructure, data, technologies, and assets, was the subject at the heart of the UN Open Source Week in June. As reported by ZDNET's Steven Vaughan-Nichols, a blunt question was asked: Who actually truly owns the ecosystems that serve our people?

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