heise IT-Summit · München · 25.11.2026
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Three outcomes in 40 minutes.
Reference Architecture
Confidently meet NIS-2 requirements.
Emergency communication that doesn't rely on your primary stack. Achieved without a big-bang migration.
Seamless Continuity
EU failover instead of a basic restore
Identities, chats, emails, and files are continuously mirrored in the EU. When an outage hits, users simply keep working within the exact same client.
Critical Infrastructure in Practice
Honest trade-offs
A candid look at data duplication, operational overhead, and sync edge cases—including the things that didn't work on our first try.
THE BIG PICTURE
Keep M365. Gain absolute sovereignty.
Most organizations can't just flip the switch on Microsoft 365. However, they need to shield sensitive communications from the reach of the US CLOUD Act and—per NIS-2 mandates—require an emergency communication system that is completely independent of their primary IT stack. The traditional industry answer has been a binary choice: stay or migrate. We’re introducing a third way.
Instead of ripping and replacing M365, a sovereign communication layer runs continuously in parallel. Standard business data stays in O365, while highly sensitive conversations are fully end-to-end encrypted via high-secure MLS. The game-changer is a multi-protocol client that unifies Teams, WhatsApp, Matrix, and MLS into a single, intuitive interface.
In the event of an outage, all relevant data is already mirrored within the EU. Users can simply keep messaging in the exact same client—the system seamlessly handles the protocol switch behind the scenes. No "Plan B" to deploy, no new tools to learn. And if you ever decide to leave M365 entirely? The foundation is already built, but the choice is entirely yours.
Using an anonymized Critical Infrastructure (CI) use case from the DACH region, we will dive deep into: the continuous mirroring of identities, chats, emails, and files; failover capabilities between on-premise setups and an EU-sovereign cloud; MLS encryption; audit-proof logging; and native integration with ID Austria/SSO.
Jakob Decker is the CEO of Vienna-based KeenGen Solutions, specializing in business continuity and sovereign communication for regulated industries. He partners with critical infrastructure (CI) operators, public sector organizations, and SMEs across the DACH region to build highly resilient, NIS-2 compliant communication and identity architectures. His work focuses heavily on EU digital sovereignty, on-premises deployments, and achieving true independence from US hyperscalers.
In this session, Jakob shares real-world architectural patterns, strategic design choices, and honest trade-offs encountered while building this solution—including a candid look at the things that didn’t work on the first try.
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