As the European Union prepares its future cloud and AI strategy, France is making its move with SecNumCloud, which has become the cornerstone of its “trusted cloud.” Behind the country’s growing success, a political question arises: can this standard shape a European market… without undermining its own players? Adopted in 2021, the “cloud-first” doctrine requires the French government to use the cloud by default for all new digital projects. The objective is threefold: to modernize often aging information systems, improve the efficiency of public services, and, above all, regain control over issues that have become strategic: cybersecurity, technological dependence, and data control. It is within this framework that the concept of the “trusted cloud”…
