As cloud adoption accelerates, organisations—especially in regulated sectors like telecommunications and healthcare—face increasing pressure to balance the benefits of hyperscale infrastructure with the need for stringent data sovereignty. This report explores how SCONTAIN offers a practical, application‑level approach to sovereignty that avoids the traditional trade‑offs between security, compliance, and cloud agility.

Rather than relying solely on infrastructure repatriation or geography‑based controls, SCONTAIN uses confidential computing to create protected “sovereign zones” within public cloud environments. These zones ensure that sensitive data remains secure and inaccessible even to cloud providers themselves, helping organisations meet regulatory and operational requirements without abandoning cloud economics.

With real‑world implementations already supporting highly regulated national systems—such as Germany’s digital healthcare infrastructure—the report demonstrates how SCONTAIN integrates into standard Kubernetes and CI/CD workflows, improving efficiency while reducing operational complexity. It also explores the technology’s relevance to telecom workloads, where subscriber data, analytics, and AI use cases require both high assurance and the flexibility of cloud‑native architecture.

For technical leaders, security teams, and decision‑makers evaluating digital sovereignty strategies, this report offers clear insights into where confidential computing fits within broader cloud transformation plans. It outlines the strengths, limitations, deployment models, and competitive landscape of SCONTAIN, giving readers a grounded understanding of when and why this approach may make sense.