Financial Services Trends 2026: Digital Sovereignty and Resilience

Operational resilience and digital sovereignty have become critical priorities for financial services and insurance firms as regulation, geopolitics, cybersecurity threats, and rapid AI adoption converge. Increasing reliance on cloud and digital infrastructure is prompting regulators and institutions alike to reassess control over data, technology, and critical systems. In this session, we explore how digital sovereignty intersects with operational resilience, and why sovereign cloud strategies are gaining momentum globally. Join Red Hat experts to learn how open source and cloud portability can help firms reduce risk, maintain flexibility, and remain resilient in an increasingly concentrated and uncertain technology landscape. Key topics we’ll explore: - What digital sovereignty means for financial services and insurance, and its relationship to operational resilience. - Why digital sovereignty is top of mind now, including real-world examples from cloud outages, geopolitics, and cybersecurity. - How regulatory pressures are reshaping cloud and digital transformation strategies worldwide. - The role of open source in enabling transparency, control, and trust across the technology stack. - How cloud portability and platform flexibility support long-term resilience, choice, and future innovation (including AI).