Proximus : NXT drives new sovereign cloud innovation by partnering up with Microsoft, Thales and Intel

More than ever, European states, organizations and companies need to protect their critical data, whether in the health, defense, or financial sectors. The aim, of course, is to protect these data from cyber-attacks, but also to prevent certain non-European states from gaining access to them.

To better protect the data of Belgian and European companies, Proximus has been specializing in the sovereign cloud for several years now. Today, Proximus is further consolidating its sovereign cloud offer with a more accessible solution that meets the requirements of all companies and organizations that need to protect their critical data. Of which there are many, as we all know. Demand is set to soar in the coming months and years, as the European NIS 2 and DORA directives come into force. These will require companies in the European Union to take a number of additional measures, including in terms of data security, to better protect themselves against cyber-attacks.

Proximus' new sovereign cloud offer combines the Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty platform with the End to End Data Protection solution based on Thales CipherTrust and the Tiber Trust Security solution designed by Intel. By integrating these solutions, an unprecedented achievement in Europe, Proximus is adding a European encryption layer on top of Microsoft's technology, enabling it to move into the sovereign cloud category.

This combined solution is currently being tested by the Agoria federation of technology companies as part of a "Proof of Concept" (POC).