Security thinking, grounded in practice

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has been in full application since January 17, 2025. In the 15 months since, the first Register of Information submissions have been collected, the first Critical ICT Third-Party Providers (CTPPs) have been designated, and the operational reality of the regulation has started to take shape. For financial entities in scope, the questions in 2026 are no longer about readiness but about execution quality.

The shift from paper to digital is no longer a question of whether organizations go paperless, but how they do it: with privacy-oriented architecture, regulatory clarity, reliable long-term access, and measurable sustainability benefits. For companies handling sensitive financial, legal, or personnel documents, the bar has risen. Paperless workflows now need to be secure, auditable, interoperable, and resilient.

Digital sovereignty has three dimensions: legal, technical, and operational. Unless all three align, control over data is partial at best. This piece explains what genuine sovereignty requires, why 2026 has made it an operational necessity, and how Switzerland's legal and technical environment delivers it in practice.