UniCredit S p A : European Cloud User Coalition (ECUC) publishes its Position Paper on public cloud computing

• Leading European financial Institutions have established the ECUC in January 2021
• ECUC has developed a joint position on common solutions for secure public cloud enablement
• The resultant ECUC - Position Paper has now been published

The ECUC announces the publication of its Position Paper on public cloud computing in the European financial industry. The motivation is to work with Cloud Service Providers to effectively resolve common issues upon cloud enablement that are being faced by financial institutions.

The Position Paper covers the topics Privacy, Security, Governance & Regulation as well as Standard Contractual Clauses. It also contains the ECUC's position on the EU's proposed Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

In January the ECUC was founded and now has 19 financial institutions in Europe as members. It remains open to additional members that seek to collaborate on setting future standards for public cloud computing.

Among others Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland, BAWAG Group, Belfius Bank, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Börse AG, EFG Bank AG, Erste Group Bank AG, Euroclear, ING Groep N.V., KBC Bank NV, Landesbank Saar, Permanent TSB, Raiffeisen Bank International, Swedbank AB and UniCredit S.p.A. stand as ECUC members behind the Position Paper:

Link to Position Paper: http://ecuc.group/papers/ecuc_position_paper_may_2021.pdf