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News from Atlas and perspectives on digital sovereignty.
We are ISO 27001 certified: here's how we did it
Atlas Cloud is ISO 27001 certified. We dig into the process: which vendors we chose, what worked, what took ten iterations and what it all cost.
Two security reports and how we responded
Two access-control reports reached Atlas through Defend Iceland. This post covers both and how they were fixed.
Founder's Lunch at SuperNova, a year on
Four lessons from the eight-week Startup SuperNova programme, a year on.
Intrusion attempts should also be domestic
Viðskiptablaðið covers the partnership between Atlas and Defend Iceland on stronger network security.
Wants to secure Iceland's independence
Morgunblaðið covers Atlas and the risk that comes with Icelandic companies and institutions hosting their data with international tech giants.
Worked at Amazon, worried about Trump, experience of the Russians, and back home
Rakel Sveinsdóttir interviews Þórður Atlason for Vísir about his years at Amazon, his exchange year in Russia, and why Icelandic data belongs in Iceland.
Defence build-up in the form of digital sovereignty
Viðskiptablaðið covers the internet partnership between Atlas and Nova, and where Iceland stands on digital sovereignty.
Keeping digital data within the jurisdiction
Stöð 2 and Vísir covered the Atlas cloud going live in December 2025, where data never leaves the country.