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Building true autonomy takes a strategic approach

To avoid ATB’s fate, organisations need to take proactive steps towards technology and
systems resilience. First, they should eliminate single points of failure by adopting multi-cloud

or hybrid cloud strategies including on-premise solutions, reducing reliance on any single
provider. Open source solutions, such as Red Hat OpenShift, offer portability across
environments, helping businesses avoid lock-in to a single vendor’s ecosystem, and providing

customers with the flexibility, privacy and portability required to adapt to future regulations

and sovereign requirements. In addition to this, specific technologies such as Confidential
Computing can help you to continue using your current investments in cloud technologies
while protecting your data from third party operations. Open source software, being a neutral

decentralised way to develop software, delivers access and transparency while not relying on a
single vendor, instead leaning on the decentralised community as the real back up.

Next, organisations must control their exit strategy, for a smooth migration of data and

applications if vendors change policies or face geopolitical restrictions. Lastly, they should
invest in community-driven resilience that can provide an additional safety net. The CVE

database, a cornerstone of global cybersecurity, nearly collapsed after US funding cuts but was
saved by international collaboration, demonstrating the need for decentralised
solutions and also the need to be able to keep innovating while protecting global collaboration

and contributions. Innovating is costly and if you are only a consumer you may miss important
advances and security.

While digital autonomy is needed, we also must protect global collaboration and innovation

with open source communities at its centre. Open source provides transparency and control of
code while at the same time accelerating innovation, making it a key strategic investment for

local/sovereign talent development.

Organisations cannot afford to take a wait-and-see approach when it comes to establishing

their digital future. Sovereignty laws will evolve, but resilience is permanent. Digital
sovereignty isn’t just a regulatory obligation, it’s a strategic imperative for survival. The ATB

and UniSuper cases showcase that legal compliance alone is insufficient, and that true
autonomy requires technical resilience and independence from vendor lock-in.

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