Digital Policy Committee

Digital policy has become a strategic competitiveness issue for Austria. How we approach cloud, data, cybersecurity, and AI will determine whether Austria remains an attractive place to invest, innovate, and operate digital infrastructure. AmCham Austria’s Digital Policy Committee brings together member companies to engage on these questions — with a clear focus on pragmatic digital sovereignty, grounded in Austrian realities and connected to European policymaking.

Focus Topic: Digital sovereignty: security through control, not exclusion

A core focus of the committee is digital sovereignty in practice. A concrete Austrian example is public‑sector cloud use: digital sovereignty should not be defined by the origin of a provider, but by verifiable control mechanisms — strong encryption, legal compliance, operational resilience, and the ability for public customers to choose and switch technologies. From a business perspective, security and sovereignty are strengthened by competition, transparency, and risk‑based requirements, not by rigid or exclusionary criteria. Austria has an opportunity to frame its approach in a way that enhances trust and resilience without reducing choice or slowing innovation.

A clear message on regulation

At the same time, companies in Austria are facing growing regulatory complexity across cybersecurity, data, and AI. Overlapping obligations risk diverting resources away from innovation and digital investment.

The committee therefore closely follows the EU Digital Omnibus and calls for simpler, better‑aligned rules and disciplined national implementation. Digital sovereignty will only succeed if regulation is clear, proportionate, and workable in practice.

What we stand for

The Digital Policy Committee:

• promotes risk‑based, technology‑neutral digital policy,
• highlights the real‑world impact of regulation on investment and innovation, and
• contributes business expertise to the policy debate in Austria and Europe.

Join the effort

We invite AmCham members engaged in cloud, data, cybersecurity, AI, and digital infrastructure to actively participate. Together, we can help shape an Austrian approach to digital sovereignty that delivers security and trust — while keeping Austria open, competitive, and innovation‑friendly.