The way Europe works and communicates is changing. Hybrid and fully remote work models are now a reality for many EU enterprises and this shift has resulted in a significantly expanded attack surface for threat actors. At the same time, regulations like the NIS2, DORA, and the EU Data Act mandate clear audit trails, sovereign data processing, and rapid breach reporting.

Open source software powers nearly everything we build today. According to the 2024 State of the Software Supply Chain report, open source adoption continues to accelerate. This scale lets teams move fast, share knowledge, and build on proven foundations instead of starting from scratch. But it also expands the attack surface. The same openness that accelerates innovation can also invite risk.

European enterprises have built much of their digital infrastructure on U.S. platforms such as Microsoft 365 or AWS. These tools power everyday collaboration and productivity, but they also expose organizations to legal, operational, and reputational risks that are often underestimated. As Europe tightens its regulatory frameworks around digital sovereignty, GDPR, NIS2, and DORA, this dependency on foreign infrastructure is no longer just a compliance issue.

Europe’s reliance on proprietary tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon for critical software and data services presents a growing concern to European enterprise leaders. Decision-makers are increasingly asking a practical question: Can we still rely on U.S. technology for Europe’s most sensitive data and collaboration?

As digital transformation accelerates, organizations have become more connected than ever. But with that connectivity comes a risk many still overlook — insider threats. Unlike outside attackers, insiders already have access to critical systems and data, making them uniquely dangerous. The line between internal and external threats is fading. Remote work, cloud collaboration, and AI tools have widened the attack surface, exposing gaps traditional defenses can’t cover.

Continuous integration and continuous deployment, commonly abbreviated as CI/CD, are quickly becoming standard practices in many software development organizations, as underscored by the tech giant Amazon. A recent State of DevOps Report states that Amazon firmly adopts CI/CD, with a median of 23,000 deploys per day. It translates to a deployment every three seconds!

Three days of ideas, innovation, and inspiration: this year’s Smart Country Convention (SCCON) once again brought together public sector leaders, tech innovators, and policymakers in Berlin to shape the digital transformation of governments and public services.

Summary: As jobs are getting digital and automated, privacy at work is becoming harder to define. More and more employees are feeling the pressure of being monitored. That is reflected in 71% of employees who think employee monitoring is unethical. On the other hand, employers want to protect productivity and company data. For that, 73% of companies use employee monitoring software. That’s why privacy laws matter. They help set fair rules, offer protection, and encourage transparency.

At this year’s Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Wire hosted a high-level panel on Britain’s digital future, exploring how the UK and Europe can strengthen digital sovereignty and resilience in a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. The session, chaired by Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent at Sky News, brought together Alex Barros-Curtis MP, Al Carns MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, and Oliver Brown, Vice President Commercial at Wire.