Cybersecurity Act: proclaimed sovereignty, real dependencies

Posted by Isabelle Szczepanski le 23 janvier 2026

The revision of the Cybersecurity Act proposed by the Commission shifts cybersecurity towards a logic of systemic risk management and control of « high-risk » cloud providers, triggering a heated industrial and geopolitical debate on sovereignty, protectionism, and legal certainty, while European cloud capabilities remain limited.

Submitted this week by the European Commission, the proposed revision of the Cybersecurity Act marks a clear turning point: cybersecurity is no longer just a matter of technical standards, but is becoming an instrument of systemic risk management, with explicit…

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