NEW WHITEPAPER:
30 days.
Then your data belongs to you again

Why storage location no longer protects you, what inaction really costs in the model case, and how a structured switch works in eight weeks.

(On German only)

Storage location alone does not protect against access

This isn't written in an activist paper. It's written in an official opinion by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), made public in December 2025. And it changes the question boards and managing directors need to ask their IT — fundamentally.

Three questions this whitepaper answers with substance:

What does inaction actually cost?

We calculated it. For a mid-sized company with sensitive data, the expected loss runs into six figures — per year. The exact number, the method behind it, and the four risk categories are in the Expected-Loss chapter.

Is switching more expensive than the US stack?

Short answer: no. The longer answer is a table with three scenarios over three years, including the Microsoft price increase announced for July 2026. The savings grow with headcount.

Are 30 days realistic — or marketing?

We show what happens on day zero, what goes wrong in phase two and why that's a good thing, and what lands on the table by day 30. Not a concept slide. A proven roadmap.

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Three numbers from the whitepaper

80 %

The EU's dependence on non-EU digital products. Source inside the whitepaper.
660.000 €

Aggregated expected loss in the model case. How it adds up is on page 5.
30 Days

What 300 users save over three years. The math lives in the CFO chapter.

Why this whitepaper belongs on your desk right now

Microsoft ends the sale of standalone SharePoint and OneDrive licenses from June 2026. The national implementation of the Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2) makes cybersecurity a personal board-level responsibility — with fines up to ten million euros. And the International Criminal Court case in 2025 proved that geopolitically motivated service suspensions are no longer theoretical.

Three developments that reinforce each other. Anyone who waits until one of them escalates has already lost the choice.

Written for people who have to document decisions

Board members. Managing directors. Chief Financial Officers (CFO). Chief Information Officers (CIO). Compliance and data protection leads. Especially relevant in financial services, healthcare, legal and tax advisory, public administration, critical infrastructure (KRITIS), and manufacturing with sensitive production data.

If you ever have to explain why you acted — or why you didn't — this whitepaper is your preparation.

From the author

"Three objections come up again and again: Sovereignty — is that even possible? Isn't a project like this risky and endless? And won't we lose productivity? All three assumptions are outdated. Why, is in this whitepaper."

Sebastian Deck,
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
SecureCloud GmbH

Sebastian Deck, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) SecureCloud GmbH

Why SecureCloud wrote this

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Our experts are happy to answer any questions you may have.

Frequently asked questions

Is the migration in 30 days from US cloud to a sovereign German cloud platform realistic — or marketing?
What does inaction cost German companies that remain in the US cloud — and how high is the concrete model loss per year?
Does SecureCloud protect German companies from NIS2 fines up to €10 million through a compliant cybersecurity posture?
What do the individual phases of the 30-day migration from Day 0 (board decision) to Day 30 (production) concretely look like?
Is switching from the Microsoft stack to SecureCloud cheaper or more expensive in the 3-year TCO comparison?
Which buyer personas does the whitepaper "Sovereign in 30 days" address — board, CFO, CIO or data protection officers?
How can CFOs, CIOs and boards calculate the 30-day migration plan for their own company context?
How can KRITIS operators and processing-industry companies reduce their 80% EU dependency on non-EU digital products?

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