Europe should have state-controlled cloud services, aerospace chief

Roberto Cingolani, Leonardo CEO, said ‘it is one of the key issues of our future’.

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Roberto Cingolani: Source: Wikimedia. Credit: Niccolò Caranti CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69643655
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Roberto Cingolani: Source: Wikimedia. Credit: Niccolò Caranti CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69643655

The CEO of aerospace, defence and security company, Leonardo, has emphasised the critical need for government-controlled cloud services in Italy and Europe, particularly for storing sensitive data.

In a recent address to the defence committee of the Italian lower house of parliament, Roberto Cingolani said the issue is paramount to the future of data security in the region. At present, man...

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