In news– The Union budget 2023-24 has proposed to facilitate setting up of data embassies.
About data embassy-
- A data embassy is a solution implemented by nation-states to ensure a country’s digital continuity with particular respect to critical databases.
- It consists of a set of servers that store one country’s data and are under that country’s jurisdiction while being located in another country.
- Data embassies create a new approach to securing data by leveraging diplomatic agreements bolstered by cloud technology solutions.
- According to a Google Cloud blog post, small countries around the world are turning to the concept of data embassies because they are in need of sovereign and resilient infrastructure.
- Cloud computing is being quickly embraced by businesses for its speed, scale, and financial advantages. Governments are doing the same.
- In 2015, Microsoft and Estonia, one of the world’s most mature countries in digital administration, partnered on the virtual data embassy research project.
- Luxembourg, Monaco and some other nations have adopted the data embassy model.
Source: Business Standard
