Bechtle Index of Sovereignty: Making digital sovereignty measurable.

Objective, auditable, resilient.

Digital sovereignty determines your ability to act. We make it measurable.

In light of geopolitical uncertainties, technological concentration and increasing regulatory requirements, digital sovereignty is becoming ever more important. It determines whether your company remains capable of acting in a volatile market, technology and security environment, or whether external dependencies slow down critical decisions. However, many organisations do not know whether they will remain operationally agile as conditions change.

The Bechtle Index of Sovereignty (BIoS) analyses your actual starting position using data, objectively and independently of manufacturers. This makes digital sovereignty measurable, comparable and controllable for the first time. Ensuring that decisions are based on facts rather than gut feelings.

How sovereign is your organisation today?

BIoS makes digital sovereignty objectively measurable – providing a reliable basis for strategic decisions.

Request your sovereignty check

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BIoS – Transparency for strategic decisions.

BIoS provides clarity about your actual level of sovereignty – objectively, reliably and immediate operational relevance. As a scientifically grounded, software-based assessment, BIoS creates a neutral evaluation framework that is free from manufacturer interests or subjective judgement. In contrast to traditional consulting assessments, you receive a consistent, data-driven benchmark that is comparable across organisations.

Focusing on three critical domains – data sovereignty, technological independence and competence – it enables a precise and reliable picture of your current sovereignty level.

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What makes BIoS unique:

Holistic view: Technology, processes, governance and competencies are assessed in an integrated manner rather than viewed in isolation.
Data instead of opinions: Objective metrics replace subjective expert assessments.
Mathematically consolidated index: A robust score that makes sovereignty comparable.
Continuously updatable: Not a one-off audit, but a permanently usable foundation for decision-making.

Digital sovereignty determines whether organisations remain capable of acting – both strategically and operationally – even under evolving market, security and regulatory conditions.

Prof. Dr. Martin Kaloudis, Bereichsvorstand, Bechtle AG

BIoS delivers.

Transparency:

Clear visibility of data access rights and technological and organisational dependencies.

Informed investment decisions:

Scenario analyses to understand and compare the sovereignty scores of alternative technologies prior to procurement.

Simplified compliance:

Structured documentation to support regulatory reporting requirements (e.g. DORA, NIS2).

Data-driven IT strategy:

A shift from subjective expert opinions to objective, data-driven sovereignty management.

Three steps to measurable sovereignty.

Alignment:

Definition of sovereignty and assessment of goals, motivation, processes and framework conditions.

Scoring:

Software-based scoring and analysis of data sovereignty and technological independence, as well as competence assessment.

Recommendations:

Evaluation of results and identification of key action areas.

Digital sovereignty is your strategic goal – and the Bechtle Index of Sovereignty makes it measurable. Start today and request your BIoS assessment.

We support you at every step on the journey to digital sovereignty – from consulting services and IT strategy to future-proof IT architectures. From analysis to confident operation. Based on the BIoS sovereignty assessment, we develop an action plan tailored to your requirements, while always considering legal and regulatory obligations. With cross-vendor architectures and flexible software strategies, we enable secure, sovereign and future-proof IT environments. In doing so, we ensure GDPR compliance, technological freedom of choice, robustness and effective exit scenarios.