al
@alan@lighthouse.co.im
Running an independent consultancy focused on resilient, accountable digital systems and the informed use of cloud and AI. Keeping infrastructure and data understandable, auditable, and under client control.
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On 25 Feb 2026, the UAE announced the world's first sovereign financial cloud. The CEO: "Finance runs on digital infrastructure; hence it must be sovereign."
Four days later, drones hit AWS ME-CENTRAL-1. Two AZs down simultaneously. 109 services disrupted. 37 still dark two months later.
They understood the problem. The implementation gap killed them anyway.
https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/finance-runs-on-digital-infrastructure/
#CloudSovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #AWS #CloudResilience #InfoSec #Infrastructure #DataSovereignty #FinTech
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