Matt Johnson
Matt has more than 25 years experience in the IT industry, primarily focussed on public sector organisations. He spent more than 8 years working for AWS in their Public Sector organisation, and was AWS' Chief Technologist in their UK National Security & Defence team. Whilst there he was involved in the UK (London) region launch, and was the initial technical lead for Project Sunflower, AWS's technical response to the invasion of Ukraine. He is currently Group CTO at UBDS, a UK-based SME providing digital consultancy cyber-security expertise, and managed services to a range of public sector organisations.
Session
Digital sovereignty is often framed as a data security problem - but what if the real risk is losing access to the systems your organisation depends on? Through real-world case studies, including AWS’s response to the war in Ukraine and recent geopolitical disruptions to cloud and AI services, this session explores why resilience and availability should be at the heart of digital sovereignty, and what organisations can do today to reduce their exposure.