Marcel Smits
Director National Security Governance
Marcel Smits is a strategic advisor in national security and cloud governance, specializing in sovereign cloud, cybersecurity frameworks, and public sector digital resilience. With extensive experience across European regulatory landscapes, Marcel bridges the gap between technical infrastructure and geopolitical risk, helping governments and critical sectors align cloud adoption with sovereignty, compliance, and classified data protection requirements. He has worked with leading organizations to navigate frameworks like NIS2, SecNumCloud, and the Dutch ABDO, and is a frequent contributor to policy discussions on secure digital infrastructure in the EU.
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