Bitdefender and OVHcloud Join Forces with European Sovereign Cybersecurity Platform Offering

IDC Market Note

EU Cybersecurity that enables data ownership, European hosting, and governance under EU law.

Amid geopolitical uncertainty and jurisdictional risk, European organizations are rethinking where their data lives, who controls it, and which laws apply. Digital sovereignty is now a strategic priority, ensuring data ownership, legal certainty, and operational control within the EU.

Key Insights from the IDC Market Note

In this market note, IDC details key sovereignty trends shaping the European market and analyzes the joint Bitdefender and OVHcloud offering, which combines European cloud infrastructure with a unified security platform to meet strict EU sovereignty requirements.

The IDC Market Note highlights the following key insights:

Regulation plays a major part in demands for sovereignty
Sovereignty is not viewed just as a contractual consideration, but as an architectural one, and one of technical feasibility
The partnership of OVHcloud and Bitdefender is likely to find new customers whose risk tolerances have changed over the past year

The Bitdefender - OVHcloud Partnership

Bitdefender has partnered with French cloud provider OVHcloud to deliver a unified sovereign cybersecurity platform.

As part of the partnership, Bitdefender GravityZone is hosted on OVHcloud’s Hosted Private Cloud service, which is ANSSI SecNumCloud–qualified in France, helping support organizations with sovereignty requirements through European cloud infrastructure and operations.

From IDC’s perspective, ”Bitdefender and OVHcloud have mapped out clear target sectors and segments where they anticipate making the greatest initial impact.”

As noted in the Market Note, “the partnership between Bitdefender and OVHcloud aims to deliver a cybersecurity platform, Bitdefender GravityZone, hosted on a sovereign cloud and operated without foreign subprocessors or foreign access. The partners aim to ensure sovereignty at the data, technical, and operational levels, as well as ensuring transparency, auditability, and continuous compliance.”

The IDC Market Note also highlights the roadmap and market implications of the joint offering. According to the report, “Bitdefender and OVHcloud will begin offering multi-country NIS 2 capabilities in 2026. The partners also stress their ability to rapidly deliver the service without compromising operational capability, a critical consideration for the types of customer organizations they are targeting.”

Who Should Read This Report

IT Directors and CIOs responsible for delivering cloud strategy, infrastructure, technology, and enterprise-grade security governance under EU sovereignty requirements.

CISOs and IT security leaders evaluating sovereign cybersecurity architectures and risk exposure.

Compliance, risk, and data protection leaders supporting EU regulatory and jurisdictional compliance in regulated and public sector environments.