Universities and research institutions manage highly sensitive data and at the same time a large number of users: students, professors, and international research partners. They must not only protect research data but also manage access rights flexibly and securely to enable global collaboration.

Project Challenges

• Storage and processing of sensitive research data  
• Ensuring compliance (GDPR, NIS2, EUCS)  
• Identity and access management for multiple users and user groups  
• High compute and storage demands (HPC, big data)  
• International research collaborations with secure access  
• Flexible resources for changing research projects

Sovereign Cloud Group  Solution

The Sovereign Cloud Group (SCG) delivers a modular cloud infrastructure built on open source, automation, and European standards. Universities can run it on-prem or with certified European partners. With integrated identity access management, large user groups, from students to international professors, can be managed securely and seamlessly.

IT-infrastructure overview

• Cloud software stack for compute, storage  identity management
• Managed Kubernetes  secure cloud operations for research projects
• Identity  access management, secure networking, VPN  
• High-performance hardware (GPU, HPC), energy-efficient servers for research data

Objectives of the project

• Data sovereignty: No dependency on hyperscalers  • Compliance: GDPR, EUCS, NIS2-compliant  
• Flexible IAM: Users and permissions managed easily and securely  
• Research security: Protected data  publications  
• Collaboration: Secure platform for international partners

With the SCG, universities receive a sovereign cloud platform that securely manages both large user numbers and sensitive data while simultaneously creating the basis for international research collaborations.

Contact us if compliance requirements and employee access management are incompatible at the moment.