News analysis: French enhanced cloud service market data sovereignty

Recently, three well -known French companies announced that it plans to launch cloud computing services based on American technology and meet the French "credible cloud" standards. The French cloud service market lacks local companies that can match American giants. With the deepening of concerns about US data hegemony, the French government has launched a "credible cloud" certification system to help maintain data sovereignty.

American data hegemony cited

In the field of cloud computing, the mainstream suppliers of the international market are mainly from the United States, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc. A market research released by the International Consulting Company Last year showed that about 70%of the European cloud market was occupied by US companies. What is even more worrying is that in 2018, the United States passed the "Clear Overseas Legal Data Law" through the "Cloud Act", which clarified that the relevant US departments could retrieve the data stored by the company overseas.

"Cloud Law" has a distinctive "external law" color, which is inherited from the US government monitoring the global spots. The United States passed the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Law" as early as 1978, and agreed to monitor and retrieve communication information data at home and abroad. In 2013, information such as the "Prism" project documents exposed by former US defense contractor Snowden showed that US intelligence agencies monitoring global large -scale monitoring, and even their own allies did not let go.

The United States' bullying in the digital sector has made widespread concerns, including France, including France. The controversy of the French "Sanitary Data Center" is a case. This is a big data platform established by the French government in recent years. Essence The industry has criticized the French government for insufficient support for local cloud service companies. These situations have prompted the French government to decide that the "sanitary data center" will be transferred to a more localized cloud in the future.

Hope to "credible cloud"

The French government announced in May 2021 that it will establish a cloud service certification system called "Trusted Cloud" to provide technical and legal strict protection for French user data. French economy, finance and industry, and digital sovereign Minister Bruno Lermel once stated that it is necessary to "completely isolated" the United States to obtain French data risks in accordance with its domestic law cross -border to maintain French digital sovereignty.

At the technical level, "credible cloud" mainly inherits the official SECNUMCloud of the French official. "Trusted Cloud" also put forward a series of requirements for the cloud service provider who wants to obtain certification. For example, the server must be deployed in Europe, the operation and maintenance must also be in Europe, and it is implemented by European subjects.

Under these policies, at the end of June this year, the French military enterprise Tyraz announced the establishment of S3NS company to plan to be launched in 2024 to meet the "credible cloud" certification services. Although the technology of Google will also be used, Terz said that S3NS is based on French law. It is completely controlled by Tyraz. The data and operation and maintenance of S3NS cloud services will be in France. Google Cloud Service French Corporation said that S3NS's server will be strictly separated from Google's existing servers.

French telecommunications operator Orange and French Kaijie Consulting Company also announced in June that two JLEU companies jointly established will launch Microsoft -based "credible clouds" in 2024, and make similar commitments to Terraz Company Essence

Technical autonomy is the key

The French government recognized the importance of cloud computing many years ago and tried to break the market and technical monopoly of the American company in the field by cultivating the "sovereign cloud". Based on this concept, France established two local cloud service providers by government and social capital cooperation in 2012. However, these two "sovereign clouds" service provider markets have not performed well and shut down one after another.

"Trustworthy Cloud" is a new attempt to restrict American companies, but some experts believe that there are still lack of inspiration. Paris Paris Institute of Politics, Paris Political Science, a digital governance expert, Pierre Noo, said that the "credible cloud" certification failed to give French companies a sufficient "home advantage", but it may make the US giant's "oppression" of the French market more righteous. Nora pointed out that the European cloud service market is mainly controlled by US giants, emphasizing that digital sovereignty is not only in order to "share a share", but also to achieve autonomy of technology and supporting resources and reduce foreign dependence.

At present, France and even Europe are facing dilemma on cloud services: worrying about US data hegemony, which is inseparable from American technology; emphasizing data sovereignty, and lack of local companies that are sufficient to bear. The EU Network Security Bureau is expected to complete the final suggestion on the European cloud service security certification system in September. OVHCloud and other more than 30 French cloud companies have jointly believed in the European Union in July, calling on the cloud services that store sensitive data to eliminate suppliers outside the EU. The interpretation of French mainstream media such as "Echo", which is aimed at the American technology giant.

Source: Xinhuanet

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