A few years ago, the idea of “digital sovereignty” sounded like something for policymakers or academic panels. It felt distant from day-to-day technology. But that is no longer true. Today, European organisations, governments, and even individual users understand that relying entirely on tools built and controlled outside Europe comes with very real risks.
This is where the Tech Sovereignty Catalogue, created by the European DIGITAL SME Alliance, comes in. It gathers European companies that build solutions aligned with European values: privacy, independence, transparency, and resilience. It’s not just a directory — it’s a signal that says, “these are real alternatives you can trust.”
Many of the technologies we depend on — email, storage, security, cloud infrastructure — are designed around surveillance or opaque business models. The catalogue highlights companies that do the opposite: those who build in Europe, protect user data, and create capacity rather than dependence.
A Growing European Need
The urgency is no longer theoretical. According to Gartner, 61% of CIOs and IT leaders in Western Europe expect geopolitical factors to increase their reliance on local or regional providers. The message is clear: organisations are no longer comfortable outsourcing their digital foundations to entities they cannot fully understand or influence.
And while most conversations about digital sovereignty focus on cloud providers and enterprise infrastructure, an even more personal frontier is emerging: our mobile phones.
Mobile devices are now the single point of truth about our lives. They contain messages, photos, financial information, authentication tokens, health data, location trails — everything. They operate continuously in the background, generating sensitive data that can be weaponised by attackers, advertisers, or anyone in between.
The Rise of Mobile Threats
This is why mobile threats have exploded. In the past year alone, mobile attacks increased by over 50%. Spyware tools once used exclusively by governments are now commercial products. Zero-click exploits — attacks requiring no user interaction — are no longer rare. When a phone is compromised, an entire digital life becomes exposed.
How Malloc Fits Into This Mission
Malloc was created in response to this reality. From the beginning, we chose a path many others avoid: building mobile security that protects users without collecting their information.
Our technology works directly on the device. It detects suspicious behaviour, prevents data leakage, and blocks surveillance practices — all without sending user data to the cloud. We don’t believe people should have to surrender their privacy to protect it.
Being included in the Tech Sovereignty Catalogue matters because it places us alongside others who share the same philosophy. It shows that our approach — privacy-first, European-built, user-respecting — is not only possible but necessary.
A Beginning, Not an Endpoint
For us, the catalogue isn’t the end of anything — it’s a beginning. It connects us with organisations that believe in the same future: one where security, innovation, and independence reinforce each other instead of competing. And we’re proud to be part of that conversation.
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