Identity sovereignty
Digital sovereignty goes beyond choosing where a database is hosted. It also concerns who controls the infrastructure, encryption keys, administrative access, software, and identity data. Understand the choices facing governments, public institutions, and regulated organizations that need greater operational and legal control.
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The dimensions of sovereignty — infrastructure, data, software, and operations — applied to IAM.
Data Residency: Where Should Identity Data Live?
How to decide where identity data is stored and processed when jurisdiction is a hard requirement.
Deployment Choice: Self-Hosted, Private Cloud & Sovereign Cloud
Comparing deployment models for organizations that need more control than public SaaS IAM offers.
Identity Data Portability: Avoiding Lock-In
What it takes to move identity data and configuration between platforms without starting over.
Who Controls the Keys? Encryption & Key Management for Sovereign IAM
Why key ownership, not just data location, determines who truly controls identity data.
Administrative Access & Sovereign Operations
Controlling who can administer an identity system, from support access to break-glass procedures.
Open-Source Identity Software and Sovereignty
How open-source IAM platforms give organizations more control over their identity infrastructure.
Identity Sovereignty for Governments & Public Institutions
The specific sovereignty requirements public-sector identity programs are typically held to.
Jurisdiction and Identity: Legal Considerations for Global Deployments
How operating across multiple legal jurisdictions complicates identity system design and operations.
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WSO2 Identity Server is open-source and deployable anywhere — on-premise, in a private cloud, or in a sovereign cloud — so you keep control of your identity infrastructure.
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