- The jointly developed sovereign cloud offering will meet the
French "Trusted Cloud" requirements and enable French organizations
to innovate and fully benefit from hyperscale1 cloud technology,
while keeping their data confidential, secure and fully
sovereign
- This solution will live on dedicated infrastructure that
will be managed and operated by a new company, of which Thales will
be the majority shareholder
Thales and Google Cloud today announced a strategic agreement
to co-develop a sovereign hyperscale cloud offering for France.
Operated by a joint company with Thales as the majority
shareholder, it will meet the criteria of the French ‘Trusted
Cloud.’ With this new offering, French companies and public sector
organizations will benefit from all the power, security,
flexibility, agility and sovereignty offered by the respective
technologies of the two organizations.
By addressing the highest legal and technical requirements for
‘Trusted Cloud’, the Thales and Google Cloud offering will enable
private and public sector organisations who need to meet the
criteria - defined by France’s Information Systems Security Agency
(ANSSI)2 - to benefit from cloud computing services, in accordance
with the country’s sovereign cloud strategy.
The joint offer of Thales and Google Cloud is based on the most
advanced technologies and services of each partner. Google Cloud’s
services, which will be enhanced and complemented with new
innovations regularly, will bring elasticity, agility and
technological openness, enabling companies to innovate
transparently and autonomously, without vendor lock-in.
Thales, a leader in cybersecurity for more than 40 years, will
bring the necessary guarantees of France’s sovereignty requirements
by ensuring the management of encryption keys, access, identities,
and cyber threat monitoring with its Cybersecurity Operations
Center. Thales thus provides the levels of trust and of security
required from French customers so that they can migrate their most
sensitive applications to the cloud while maintaining control.
French companies and public sector institutions will be able to
benefit from a set of hyperscale cloud services that are:
- operated by a dedicated, newly formed company under French
law, held in majority by Thales;
- hosted in France, within infrastructure that is separate from
Google Cloud, with a separate network and servers controlled and
operated by the new company;
- supported locally by the new company, ensuring customer
service is handled in France;
- locally secured with identity management, data encryption,
administration and supervision being provided by the new
company;
- regularly enhanced via rolling software updates that are
evaluated and validated within a security sandbox managed by
Thales; and
- managed on a sustainably developed infrastructure.
"To adapt to the diversity of our customers’ cloud needs, Thales
offers a wide range of options with partners in its ecosystem.
Thanks to this unique collaboration with Google Cloud, we will be
able to help power the digital transformation for organizations of
all sizes and industries that want to keep control and sovereignty
over their data and that of their customers. Together, we will
address the criteria defined by the government for a trusted cloud,
as well as environmental goals with a sustainable approach for the
infrastructure we will build,” said Marc Darmon, Executive Vice
President, Secure Communications and Information Systems at
Thales.
“Thales and Google Cloud have a joint vision to deliver the most
innovative and trusted solutions to companies and public sector
organizations in France. Our unique approach to addressing the
concerns of French citizens and government bodies, including the
development of a new company, ensures organizations can benefit
from the innovation and agility of the cloud, without compromising
on the security, privacy and sovereignty required by the French
government,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO at Google Cloud.
“The government's national cloud strategy clearly specifies the
state's willingness to use and promote high-performance and trusted
cloud offerings. The challenge is to have the widest possible range
of solutions compliant with the SecNumCloud repository which
details the technical, operational and legal security rules capable
of effectively protecting data and processes hosted in a cloud
service. ANSSI therefore enthusiastically welcomes this ambitious
project that meets these criteria," said Guillaume Poupard,
Director General of the National Information Systems Security
Agency (ANSSI.)
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates organizations' ability to digitally
transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform,
industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade
solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology – all on
the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200
countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted
partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business
problems.
About Thales
Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) is a global leader in advanced
technologies, investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations –
connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and
quantum computing – to build a confident future crucial for the
development of our societies. The Group provides its customers –
businesses, organisations and governments – in the defense,
aeronautics, space, transport, and digital identity and security
domains with solutions, services and products that help them fulfil
their critical role, consideration for the individual being the
driving force behind all decisions.
Thales has 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2020 the Group
generated sales of €17 billion.
1 “Hyperscale” refers to cloud computing based on an optimized
computing architecture in terms of storage, power, energy
consumption and scalability. 2 The Trusted Cloud label will offer a
double level of security – both legal and technical – and will
allow French companies and administrations to benefit from the best
cloud services. Some of the world’s most efficient cloud services
are published by non-European companies: these services will also
be eligible for the label under certain conditions, notably
concerning the entity operating these services and the location of
the data. (source:
https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/uploads/Strategie-nationale-pour-le-cloud.pdf)
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