Successfully Implement Digital Sovereignty!
The handbook for decision-makers in public administration, healthcare, small and medium-sized businesses, and industry.
What It’s All About
An Overview of the Manual
The handbook for decision-makers in public administration, healthcare, small and medium-sized businesses, and industry.
By Dr. Claus Michael Sattler
Digital sovereignty has become a key leadership challenge. Platform power, geopolitics, and hybrid threats are reshaping the landscape. Those who lose control over data, technology, and operations lose their ability to act. The public administration and healthcare sectors are particularly affected.
Dr. Claus Michael Sattler makes it clear: Sovereignty is not self-sufficiency. It’s not about isolation. It’s about control, freedom of choice, and the ability to act. The book describes the five dimensions of digital sovereignty. It makes the topic tangible for decision-makers.
The handbook guides readers from strategy to implementation. It outlines a vision for a self-governing administration. It outlines a vision for a self-governing healthcare system. It explains the legal framework. It clarifies the crucial question: Who decides, who operates, and who is liable?
Sattler stays specific. He explains technology architecture and core services. He highlights the self-sufficient workplace and open-source software. He describes how non-European systems are being systematically replaced by European ones—a process that can be reversed, step by step.
The book’s core focus is on achieving pragmatic cyber resilience rather than perfect compliance. Readers are provided with quick wins they can implement immediately. They receive a structured 90-day plan. They learn how their company can remain capable of acting in the event of a crisis. The topic of European cyber defense and digital sovereignty rounds out the strategic perspective.
The book covers all key areas: the cloud and data centers; data sovereignty and data rooms; interoperability versus digital silos; identities and zero-trust; procurement as a lever for sovereignty; and financing and cost-effectiveness.
Resilience deserves special attention. Sattler draws lessons from civil defense during the Cold War. From bunkers to backup data centers. What happens when digital services fail? Emergency mode becomes an architectural principle.
Ultimately, it comes down to putting things into practice. A maturity model. A roadmap. Clear guidance. Competence is also a form of sovereignty. It is created by people, not by technology alone.
A handbook for decision-makers who want to regain control. Clear, practical, and immediately actionable.