Resilience Media: Valarian's NATO Infrastructure Mission

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Resilience Media recently published an analysis of digital infrastructure sovereignty requirements. The piece, "Building Digital Sovereignty: How Valarian Is Quietly Rewiring Secure Infrastructure for NATO and Beyond," examines dual-use technology platforms and geopolitical drivers affecting infrastructure decisions.

The analysis appears as organisations confront questions about system dependencies. Who controls critical infrastructure? Where does data travel? How quickly can operational control be restored?

Valarian's evolution

Resilience Media traces Valarian's evolution from its original enterprise focus to its current dual-market approach. CEO Max Buchan explained the company's origins: "I started Valarian to solve jurisdictional issues about where data was, how it was stored, how it was secured. I asked: How do you control where data is, how it moves, especially when it comes to third-party applications?"

However, geopolitical events shifted the company's scope significantly. As the coverage notes, "Brexit, Ukraine, Hong Kong, and rising tensions in Taiwan weren't just physical conflicts. They were digital too." What began as enterprise data control became a matter of national security, with information flow emerging as a critical battleground.

Technical deployment

ACRA infrastructure deploys in minutes across environments—enterprise servers or battlefield conditions. The coverage highlighted a key principle: "Even Valarian itself cannot access a customer's systems after launch."

Valarian's platform generates unique instances on deployment. There are no external dependencies. This provides complete operational control. As the article noted, it's like "a very, very secure Docker instance inside a bomb-proof case."

Deployment flexibility enables sovereign control. Whether running on enterprise infrastructure or "GPUs packed in a rugged Pelican case, optionally connected to Starlink or local networks," the same security principles apply.

European technology gap

The analysis explored a critical challenge. As Buchan observed: "UK companies want to buy British software. The problem is historically there hasn't really been anything that kind of can compete."

This creates dependency on foreign platforms. It limits sovereignty control and constrains procurement options.

Read the complete Resilience Media article here.

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