Red Hat introduces the Digital Sovereignty Readiness Assessment tool. Organizations can use this tool to assess their maturity in digital sovereignty. The self-service assessment evaluates seven critical domains and provides concrete next steps.
According to Red Hat, digital sovereignty goes beyond compliance alone. It is about operational freedom, in which organizations determine how and where workloads run. But many companies struggle with where they stand. Black box stacks, limited choices, and fragmented data silos block the path to independence.
The new tool aims to provide clarity. Organizations gain insight into their control over the IT environment based on seven domains. These include data sovereignty, technical sovereignty, operational sovereignty, assurance sovereignty, open source awareness, executive oversight, and managed services.
From Foundation to Advanced
After completion, the assessment provides a maturity score. This places organizations in one of four phases. Foundation represents the early phase in which sovereignty requirements are identified. Developing means that capabilities are being actively built. Strategic indicates strong, repeatable capabilities in most domains. Advanced represents proactive control over the entire digital domain.
The tool also provides a practical step-by-step plan with improvement actions and research questions for stakeholders. Red Hat bases its assessment on transparent criteria. The company, therefore, makes the source code publicly available to the ecosystem.
Open standard for transparency
By making the framework open source, Red Hat wants to move away from ‘blind trust’. According to the company, organizations must be able to verify for themselves how their sovereignty is assessed. Red Hat positions open source as the basis for true digital independence.
Red Hat previously announced Red Hat Confirmed Sovereign Support for EU organizations. This service offers 24/7 support by citizens within the EU.
The assessment tool is now available. Organizations can use it to establish a baseline and develop a roadmap toward a more resilient, independent digital future.