Technological dependencies can quickly ruin your cybersecurity strategy.
Cyber security does not end with antivirus programs. Today, it’s no longer enough to avoid clicking on suspicious phishing links or transferring money to email scammers. The threats to your data, your business secrets and your digital infrastructure are now more complex and subtle. A central keyword here is: dependencies. They play an increasingly important role in the question of how secure you really are in the digital space.
Do you put too much on one card?
Many companies and institutions in Europe rely on digital services provided by large, non-European tech companies in their day-to-day operations. At first glance, these solutions seem practical, but they carry major strategic risks.
This is because these companies often pursue the goal of tying customers to their platforms as tightly as possible. This creates digital dependencies that can limit your own ability to act in the long term – especially if business models change, services are discontinued or geopolitical tensions increase.
Think about which digital tools are used in your company on a daily basis: Word processing, presentation and spreadsheet programs, email services, cloud storage, databases, operating systems, communication platforms. How many of these programs have alternatives? Which ones seem to have no alternative these days? And how many tools do you simply have to trust that the company that controls them will continue to do a good job for you?
The reality shows: The digital infrastructure of many organizations is based on just a few providers. We put a lot on one card every day. But what happens if this card fails? What happens if your provider has technical problems? If the provider changes its business model and no longer wants to offer certain services? What if a security vulnerability is discovered in its services? What if it gets caught between political fronts? Or if the country from which the provider is based comes into conflict with Europe?
The consequences for your cyber security would be fatal – one wrong move and you could lose access to your data and infrastructure. As long as these dependencies exist, your organization has no digital resilience.
Cybersecurity needs technological independence
All in all, this means that If you only rely on a few providers for your digital solutions, you will lose your self-determination in the digital space. You are dependent on a few corporations and are no longer sovereign in your decisions and actions. There is no long-term planning security due to the many uncertainties. You have to hope every day that a large corporation is on your side – and does its job well.
A central goal of modern cybersecurity strategies must therefore be to minimize these dependencies – and to strengthen your own digital resilience. The solution is an independent IT infrastructure that is based on open source instead of technologies from a few providers. Open source software means: no hidden dependencies, no ties to individual providers (“vendor lock-in”), no license traps – but full transparency and complete control for users. At the same time, you benefit from the ability to adapt solutions precisely to your needs.
This shows that independence from large providers IS digital sovereignty – and digital sovereignty IS cyber security. Real cyber security is only possible with digital sovereignty. A cybersecurity strategy is therefore only complete if it includes paths to digital sovereignty.
Anexia: Enabler for your digital sovereignty
At Anexia, we believe in cyber security through digital sovereignty. As a European cloud provider, we offer more than just technological solutions – we enable digital self-determination. Our cloud computing and infrastructure services are based on open source software that specifically frees you from technological dependencies – securely, transparently and confidently. We rely on decades of experience, ISO-certified services and an infrastructure that is fully established in the EU.
What makes Anexia special:
- Cybersecurity through technological autonomy: no hidden dependencies, no license traps, no vendor lock-in
- Guaranteed sovereignty through our own hardware and open source software
- Transparency & control: you have final data sovereignty. You know where your data is at all times and manage access yourself
- Guaranteed end-to-end encryption of your data
- Guaranteed compliance with European data protection law (GDPR)
- Maximum flexibility: no one-size-fits-all, but individually customized solutions
- European standards: Anexia is ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certified; our infrastructure is auditable and traceable
- Long-standing expertise: on the market for over 19 years
- Long-standing trust: European pioneers such as Lufthansa, Renault, Allianz and TeamViewer trust us
Now it’s time to act
The digital world is changing – legally, politically and technologically. Resilience is no longer an optional extra, but a duty. And true resilience can only come from technological sovereignty.
Our goal is to provide you with a stable, powerful and trustworthy IT environment that makes your sovereignty possible. We ensure that you can benefit from long-term security – in all your activities in the digital space.
With Anexia, you are not only opting for an excellent technical solution, but also for a digital home in Europe. A secure and sovereign cloud. Guaranteed independent, guaranteed resilient.
What we offer at Anexia:
Global Cloud made in Europe – Globally connected. Protected in Europe.