Podcast #272 - Unpacking the Challenges of Data Sovereignty with Patrick Smith

In this episode, Chris Evans chats to EMEA Field CTO at Pure Storage, Patrick Smith, on the issues of data sovereignty. For many reasons, including geopolitical problems, public cloud usage, the rise of AI and regulation, businesses need to focus on how data is managed and controlled within the IT organisation. Data is valuable asset, but regulations such as the DORA Act put responsibilities on companies to ensure systems run in a resilient manner that is in turn affected by the ability to apply sovereign control over that data.

Pure Storage commissioned a research report in conjunction with the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. The report highlights the risks and challenges companies perceive in ensuring that data remains under the sovereign control of the business, while continuing to remain competitive through the use of platforms such as the public cloud.

Patrick explains the results of the survey, which can be downloaded – here (registration required).

As the IT world becomes more complex, we expect sovereignty issues to increase, especially with the diversity of platforms and solutions in the market today. As a result, IT organisations need to establish a strategy to answer sovereignty challenges, government regulation and ensuring business reputation remains intact.

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Timeline

00:00:00 – Intros
00:01:47 – What do we mean by Data Sovereignty?
00:02:44 – Why is data sovereignty an issue now?
00:03:38 – AI has raised awareness of data copyright
00:05:04 – Challenges around public cloud present issues, as do geopolitical issues
00:08:22 – Pure Storage has commissioned a survey with interesting results
00:11:30 – Service disruption in the cloud isn’t just about hardware failure
00:14:28 – Regulatory issues such as DORA add another layer to the sovereignty problem
00:16:11 – Sovereignty issues can affect reputation, especially with ransomware attacks
00:19:10 – What needs to happen if we “go sovereign”?
00:23:06 – How would businesses “born in the cloud” cope with sovereignty?
00:26:00 – Contractual guarantees might not be enough for some businesses
00:29:22 – Many organisations are already planning strategies for data sovereignty
00:29:45 – How could the supply chain be a problem for data sovereignty?
00:31:10 – Power and water implications exist for self-managed data centres
00:32:57 – Would government-managed sovereign data centres make sense?
00:35:35 – Regulation needs to be done proportionally
00:38:00 – Wrap Up

Podcast #272 – Unpacking the Challenges of Data Sovereignty with Patrick Smith

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