Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:39:39 +0000
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week,</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/maxsaltonstall"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Max Saltonstall</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/ChloeCondon"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chloe Condon</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">welcome guests Archana Ramamoorthy and</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/julienblanchez"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julien Blanchez</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to talk about digital sovereignty and what goes into a technical strategy for dealing with this complicated facet of web projects.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guests start the show with a thorough explanation of digital sovereignty, explaining that it typically involves a state or regulatory agency exerting control over data and technology. As more and more data is taken into the cloud, countries are understandably concerned about a loss of control over this data, and nations are enacting laws and regulations to help manage security of data in the cloud. Standardization has been a human issue for a long time, from trains to international travel and more, Archana reminds us, and this challenge is now moving to the management of cloud data out in the world. As sovereign nations implement their own standards, cloud providers must adapt to help developers create projects that follow these laws.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julien talks about the discussions around digital sovereignty in Europe, especially as it affects data security. Lawmakers, cloud providers, and companies have been working together to think through effective laws and strategies for digital security around the world. Googlers across the globe are working locally to make sure Google’s suite of products are compatible with government regulations and the needs of developers. Archana and Julien talk about the three important action segments Google employs to make sure tools allow for control over who has access to data when and how, and we hear the journey Google has trekked from the very beginning to now as the company has worked for strong security and versatile data management. Local partnerships are a big part of the advancements made in the sovereignty space, Julien tells us, increasing trust with developers in the area and leveraging local knowledge.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With offerings like Cloud Key Management, Google provides unique options for developers to control and secure data. To keep things easy, especially in the case of hybrid solutions, this portfolio of sovereignty products uses the same APIs, streamlined onboarding setups, and familiar interfaces Google product users are accustomed to.</span></p> <h5><strong>Archana Ramamoorthy</strong></h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Archana is the Director of Cloud Security Product Management. She has spent a lot of her career building security products for enterprise organizations.</span></p> <h5><strong>Julien Blanchez</strong></h5> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/julienblanchez"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julien</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">looks after the coordination of Google’s local digital sovereignty partnerships and how to position them in the market, after many years helping regulators and highly regulated customers in EMEA on their Google Cloud adoption journey worldwide.</span></p> <h5><strong>Cool things of the week</strong></h5> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Cloud Podcasts</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/podcasts"><span style="font-weight: 400;">site</span></a></li> <li style="display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloud Security Podcast</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/podcasts/cloud-security"><span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Cloud SRE Podcast</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/podcasts/cloud-sre"><span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Developer Community Keynote: The thing about burnout</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/FeDks5BJCQQ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span></a></li> </ul> <h5><strong>Interview</strong></h5> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Cloud Next ‘22: Meet digital sovereignty requirements</span> <a href="https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next/catalog?session=SEC102#secure"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> site</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Announcing Sovereign Controls for Google Workspace</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/workspace/announcing-sovereign-controls-for-google-workspace"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">blog</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cloud Key Management</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/security-key-management"><span style="font-weight: 400;">site</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Confidential Computing</span> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/confidential-computing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">site</span></a></li> </ul> <h5><strong>What’s something cool you’re working on?</strong></h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Max is working on expanding Google’s podcast platform, giving it some more visibility. He’s also working on Halloween and LARP costumes and teaching new board games.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chloe is working on her Halloween costume, too, and working on Google Cloud Reader.</span></p> <h5><strong>Hosts</strong></h5> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Max Saltonstall and Chloe Condon</span></p>