CIO Summit 2026

Digital sovereignty has become a critical priority for governments and enterprises amid rising geopolitical tensions and growing dependence on foreign technology providers.

As nations and organisations work to reduce their reliance on external providers, certain cloud, data, and digital services may be restricted or even deemed unsuitable for sensitive use cases.

But digital sovereignty goes beyond compliance and data residency. At its core, it’s about ensuring organisations exercise control and autonomy over their digital infrastructure, data, and technologies to reduce risk and external influence.

In this session, thought leaders from DGA Group and F5 will explore:

• The evolving digital sovereignty landscape and regional regulatory initiatives
• How to prepare for changing compliance frameworks
• Strategies to balance compliance, security, and operational flexibility
• Avoiding lock-in with a platform approach spanning SaaS, on-premises, and hybrid environments
• Enabling workload portability and simplifying application migration by leveraging multicloud networking