The notion of EU Cybersecurity Sovereignty and European Data Sovereignty keeps gaining importance following the introduction of Bitdefender’s new Sovereign Acceleration Program. The initiative helps European companies implement a complete EU cybersecurity and data hosting setup, ensuring that customer data, security telemetry, configuration details, and support information remain within the European Union. Moreover, Bitdefender is providing contract buyouts and migration incentives for eligible businesses switching from non-EU cybersecurity vendors.
With growing compliance requirements, more and more companies are checking out their cybersecurity supply chain. According to IDC’s February 2026 QuickPoll, most companies nowadays regard digital and AI sovereignty as one of the top priorities. Nevertheless, most cybersecurity vendors still keep their operations and legal jurisdiction outside Europe, while only hosting the data there. Thus, “sovereignty washing” becomes an ever-growing problem for enterprises that have to comply with GDPR, NIS2, and DORA.
Program Delivers Compliance and European Control
Bitdefender designed the program around its GravityZone platform. The platform combines endpoint protection, endpoint detection and response, extended detection and response, cloud-native security, risk analytics, and compliance tools. Furthermore, independent evaluations from AV-TEST and AV-Comparatives continue to recognize its cybersecurity performance. As a result, organizations can strengthen European Data Sovereignty while maintaining enterprise-grade security and regulatory compliance.
The company also includes Managed Detection and Response services within the program. These services provide continuous threat monitoring and expert-led remediation entirely inside EU borders. Later this summer, Bitdefender will introduce Sovereign MDR services featuring AI-assisted detection alongside human validation for uninterrupted protection.
The program also supports organizations across government, healthcare, finance, education, manufacturing, energy, and critical infrastructure. Moreover, it simplifies migration while helping businesses maintain operations and satisfy regulatory requirements. EU Cybersecurity Sovereignty remains a central objective throughout the initiative.
“Not all data sovereignty claims are equal. Most cybersecurity vendors rely on EU data center presence alone while leaving jurisdiction, operational control, and supply chain outside European hands,” said Andrei Florescu, president and general manager of Bitdefender Business Solutions Group. “The Bitdefender Sovereign Acceleration Program gives European organizations a clear, practical framework for cybersecurity that is both effective and sovereign, where the data, the infrastructure, the cybersecurity platform, and the expertise all remain within EU control, and where compliance and proactive risk management are built in, not bolted on.”
“True sovereignty requires secure infrastructure, proven cybersecurity, and confidence that critical technologies, data, and operations remain governed by European legal frameworks,” said Julien Levrard, CISO, OVHcloud. “By combining OVHcloud’s sovereign cloud infrastructure with Bitdefender’s technology and cybersecurity expertise, we help organizations across Europe strengthen cyber resilience while maintaining greater control over their data, operations, and digital future.”
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Source: Businesswire
