ISMS Copilot for French defense suppliers
SecNumCloud qualification, ANSSI requirements and NIS 2 OIV/SIIV obligations — the sovereignty bar for French defense.
SecNumCloud and the sovereignty bar for French defense
- Map your environment against SecNumCloud 3.2 — over 350 requirements across security, governance and data sovereignty
- Prepare for the ANSSI qualification process and PASSI audits
- Implement data-sovereignty and EU/EEA localisation controls that go well beyond GDPR
- Apply the prescriptive MFA, encryption and service-partitioning requirements SecNumCloud adds on top of ISO 27001
- Meet NIS 2 obligations as an OIV (operateur d'importance vitale) or SIIV operator under French transposition
- Document the ANSSI-aligned governance and PSSI expected of defense-sector suppliers
Built for the supplier inside the French defense sovereignty perimeter
SecNumCloud 3.2 requirements mapping and gap analysis with ANSSI audit preparation
Data-sovereignty controls under the Cloud au Centre doctrine — EU-headquartered providers only in the data path
Cross-mapping to ISO 27001 and HDS where health data is also in scope
ANSSI regulatory requirements and best-practice alignment for OIV/SIIV-adjacent suppliers
EU-headquartered company and infrastructure: Mistral (France) inference, AWS Frankfurt and Amsterdam storage, no US data path or Cloud Act exposure
French-language support with native terminology (SMSI, ANSSI, PSSI)
SecNumCloud and the sovereignty bar for French defense
French defense supply chains are governed by sovereignty, not just risk. SecNumCloud is ANSSI's sovereign-cloud security standard — over 350 requirements covering not only ISO 27001-style controls but data sovereignty, mandatory MFA, encryption, service partitioning and PASSI audits, and it is increasingly mandatory for cloud providers serving French government, OIV (operateurs d'importance vitale) and critical infrastructure under the Cloud au Centre doctrine. On top of qualification sits the NIS 2 transposition, which classifies vital operators as OIV/SIIV with their own enhanced obligations and ANSSI supervision. A US-headquartered AI tool in your compliance toolchain is itself a sovereignty problem here: the question is not only what you documented but what infrastructure touched it. ISMS Copilot is a French company running EU-only inference and storage by default, and it maps your environment against SecNumCloud 3.2, ISO 27001 and the OIV/SIIV duties in one workspace. ISMS Copilot does not issue SecNumCloud qualification — that is ANSSI's.
SecNumCloud framework guidance →Frequently Asked Questions
Is SecNumCloud mandatory for French defense suppliers?
It is increasingly mandatory for cloud providers serving French government, OIV (operateurs d'importance vitale) and critical infrastructure under France's Cloud au Centre doctrine. If you are inside a defense supply chain that relies on cloud services, SecNumCloud qualification of those services is frequently a contractual gate. ISMS Copilot maps your environment against the 350-plus SecNumCloud 3.2 requirements and prepares for the ANSSI audit.
How is SecNumCloud different from ISO 27001?
SecNumCloud builds on ISO 27001 but is far more prescriptive. It adds hard requirements for data sovereignty and EU/EEA localisation, mandatory multi-factor authentication, encryption, service partitioning and PASSI audits. ISMS Copilot cross-maps your ISO 27001 controls to the SecNumCloud delta so you implement only what the qualification adds.
Does using ISMS Copilot itself create a sovereignty problem?
No — that is deliberate. ISMS Copilot is a French company and runs EU-only inference (Mistral, France) and storage (AWS Frankfurt and Amsterdam) by default, with no US-headquartered provider in the data path and no Cloud Act exposure. For a defense supplier where the toolchain itself is in scope, that is a defensible answer rather than a new exposure. ISMS Copilot does not issue SecNumCloud qualification; ANSSI does.
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