Digital sovereignty is no longer about where data is stored. It’s about who is in control when things don’t go to plan.
In a world shaped by geopolitical tension, regulation, and growing cyber risk, trust can’t be assumed or outsourced. Organisations need the ability to operate securely and independently, even under external pressure.
Real sovereignty means control over digital trust itself — who issues it, who governs it, and who can take it away.
That trust underpins everything from secure communication to identity and authentication.
This is where Public Key Infrastructure matters, and why Aretiico puts sovereign trust at the centre of everything we do.
This whitepaper looks at digital sovereignty through the role of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), showing how control of digital trust underpins security, autonomy, and resilience. It explores how governments are responding to geopolitical pressure, cyber risk, and technology dependence, and why trust infrastructure has become a strategic concern. Analysis of global root Certification Authorities highlights a heavy concentration of trust in a small number of countries, alongside a clear shift in Europe driven by regulation such as eIDAS. As technologies like AI, IoT, and connected systems scale rapidly, the paper argues that PKI is becoming a core sovereign capability, central to Europe and the UK’s efforts to rebuild digital autonomy.
Aretiico's mission is to embed trust in all digital interactions. By providing a robust infrastructure for identity verification and secure credential issuance, we ensure the integrity of digital relationships.
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