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| 1 | +# SCS certification overview |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Digital sovereignty drives SCS certification |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +The SCS project takes a comprehensive perspective on digital sovereignty. |
| 6 | +Please read [Digital Sovereignty and SCS certification](digisov-and-cert) |
| 7 | +for more details. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +The basic level, control over data that at least allows to comply with the |
| 10 | +European GDPR regulation, is *not* certified by SCS; while the SCS software |
| 11 | +makes it easy to build (local) clouds that fulfill these, it depends on the |
| 12 | +operators of the infrastructure what compliance rules they fulfill. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +The SCS project however has defined certification levels for levels two, |
| 15 | +three and four in the sovereignty taxonomy. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +| Digital Sovereignty level | SCS certification | |
| 18 | +|-----------------------------------|-------------------------| |
| 19 | +| 1: Data Sov'ty / Legal compliance | (Refer to ENISA/Gaia-X) | |
| 20 | +| 2: Provider switching / Tech Compatiiblity | SCS-compatible | |
| 21 | +| 3: Ability to shape technology | SCS-open | |
| 22 | +| 4: Transparency & SKills for Operations | SCS-sovereign | |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +As of September 2024, the *SCS-compatible* certification level is defined |
| 25 | +and used; the details for the higher levels are still being worked on. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## Certification process |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +To get certified, the infrastructure needs to fulfill the criteria. |
| 30 | +As far as possible, these are implemented as automated tests that run |
| 31 | +continuously (daily) to assure continuous compliance. The results are |
| 32 | +made transparent via the the [Certified Clouds overview](overview) page. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +To get officially certified with the right to use the SCS brand and getting |
| 35 | +listed on this page requires to work with the Forum SCS-Standards at the |
| 36 | +[OSB Alliance](https://osb-alliance.com/) which takes over this aspect |
| 37 | +from the [SCS project](https://scs.community/). It requires membership |
| 38 | +or certification fees to cover the efforts of standardization and |
| 39 | +certification. |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +The process is described in more details on the |
| 42 | +[Getting SCS-compatible certification (for Operators)](getting-scs-compatible-certified) |
| 43 | +page. An example with technical testing and adjustments is on the |
| 44 | +[Testing and Adjustment example](test-and-adapt-example) page. |
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