75% of European businesses fear a US tech kill switch - American companies should, too

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. More than half could operate for only one day without cloud access. Nearly half are investing in backup email and cloud storage. Vendor diversity and tested backups can limit costly disruptions. Close to 75% of European businesses fear the prospect of a kill switch that revokes their access to tech and infrastructure provided by companies in the United States. With geopolitical tensions rising, companies in the US need to rethink their strategies, too. Digital sovereignty, the ability of an organization, state, or country to handle its own digital infrastructure, data, technologies, and assets,…