Neurones exports the SecNumCloud cloud service from its subsidiary Cloud Temple to Italy. Avery Calloway - 10/29/2026 - 5 minutes of reading French tech firm Neurones is expanding its SecNumCloud-certified offerings into Italy through its subsidiaries, Cloud Temple for infrastructure and Everience Italia for migration and operations. This initiative targets regulated organizations in Italy while awaiting cybersecurity qualifications from the Italian agency expected by 2027. Cloud Temple, a SecNumCloud-certified cloud provider in France, has partnered with Everience Italia, a systems integrator based near Milan, to deliver cloud and AI solutions to heavily regulated European organizations. In their joint statement, they describe Everience as a subsidiary of Neurones but do not mention that Cloud Temple is also part of the same group. However, Neurones' 2025 universal registration document filed with the AMF indicates that the group owns 90% of Cloud Temple, designating Everience as its primary subsidiary. This arrangement facilitates the export of domestically developed expertise - one company's infrastructure paired with the other's managed services. Discover more Audit Security Study Security Cloud Temple is establishing its presence across Europe on a country-by-country basis. It declared compliance with Germany's C5 standard in 2025, is preparing for Spain's ENS standard, and received the PAMS qualification from ANSSI in September for its secure administration and maintenance services. Additionally, it leads a consortium under the France 2030 plan, which has a budget of €47 million, including €20 million in public funding, aimed at building a trusted cloud offering in Europe. In 2025, Cloud Temple contributed €50.4 million to Neurones' revenue with an operating profit of €5.9 million. Turnkey trusted offering for regulated Italy. The collaborative offer comprises three components: Cloud Temple supplies the infrastructure, including on-demand computing and storage, as well as data platforms; Everience Italia conducts the architecture audit, migration, and ongoing management of critical environments; and both companies provide AI capabilities. This offering targets the public sector, banking and insurance, healthcare, energy, and industry. "Technological dependency is the most silent form of control," asserts Andrea Rota, CEO of Everience Italia. For the IT department of a regulated group operating in Italy, the appeal lies in this combined approach. It provides access to infrastructure certified SecNumCloud 3.2 by ANSSI for IaaS Secure Temple and PaaS OpenShift, with a nearby integrator to handle migration and operations, eliminating the need for the organization to piece them together independently. Neurones employs 157 staff in Italy and operates a user support center in Milan. "Europe does not have to choose between innovation and sovereignty," states Sébastien Lescop, CEO of Cloud Temple. Italian qualification from ACN expected in 2027. In Italy, the ACN (National Cybersecurity Agency) governs the qualification of cloud services for public administration according to regulations that came into effect in August 2024. The SecNumCloud certification from ANSSI does not exempt providers from this requirement. The regulation stipulates four levels of qualification, from QC1 to QC4, based on whether data is ordinary, critical, or strategic, with the qualification valid for 36 months. Cloud Temple has initiated this process and expects to complete it in 2027, although it has not disclosed the target level. Until then, the offering cannot target Italian public administrations, as their cloud services must be accredited by the ACN. This market is primarily controlled by the Polo Strategico Nazionale, which is owned by TIM, the industrial group Leonardo, the public bank CDP, and the state IT company Sogei, which claims to have migrated over 280 administrations and also markets offers from Oracle, Google, Microsoft, and AWS. As a result, the partnership is initially aimed at regulated private sector companies. Additionally, the two companies have not specified where Italian client data will be hosted, with Cloud Temple only mentioning that it will be stored in Europe, without announcing a data center in Italy. Predominantly non-european AI models. Both companies are extending their commitment to control over AI, which "now extends to technological environments and the models themselves," ensuring "no exposure to non-European laws or suppliers." Cloud Temple processes AI inference in France on qualifying infrastructure, but its on-demand AI model service is not certified itself. It offers 32 open-weight models, mostly from Alibaba's Qwen family, alongside models from OpenAI, Meta, Google, NVIDIA, and IBM, with Mistral AI being the only European publisher on the list. Local execution safeguards the processed data, addressing the primary concern for regulated sectors. However, the models primarily originate from Chinese and American publishers. Both Neurones subsidiaries also maintain ties with American hyperscalers, as Cloud Temple partners with Microsoft, while Everience facilitates migrations to Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Bleu. Partnership with no announced Italian clients. Cloud Temple is already leveraging partners to broaden its clientele. SFR Business has been offering a sovereign cloud solution operated by Cloud Temple since December 2025, and the PAMS qualification from September was accompanied by announcements of deployments in Germany and Spain. In Italy, the partnership involves a company from the same group, simplifying the agreement, but positioning it more as an undertaking of the Neurones group rather than a collaboration between independent entities. This group initiative falls within Everience's catalog of managed services, yet lacks any declared Italian clients, specified amounts, or commercialization dates. For a European group looking to apply the same rigorous standards it enforces in France to its Italian subsidiaries, the combination of certified infrastructure and a local integrator meets a consistent need in regulated sectors. IT directors will likely scrutinize data hosting locations, the timeline for Italian qualification, and the origins of AI models before committing.

CyberGrant and Everience: protecting the Digital Workplace. CyberGrant & Everience: Securing the Digital Workplace. CyberGrant & Everience: Securing the Digital Workplace -INTERVIEW Q: The partnership was announced just a few weeks ago. What's the strategic rationale that brought you to work together right now? Marco Gornati - CyberGrant The market is asking for solutions that protect data where it's actually used - on devices and in daily workflows. CyberGrant was built precisely to address this need, but scaling it requires a partner who manages the digital workplace and IT services end to end. That's exactly what Everience brings to the table. Andrea Rota - Everience Italia From its perspective, data security has become a structural component of cyber resilience. Cyber Grant Inc. manage complex, distributed, and often heavily regulated work environments. Integrating technologies like CyberGrant's allows Cyber Grant Inc. to strengthen information protection across the entire digital workplace lifecycle - without disrupting its clients' existing operational models. Q: Why is this collaboration relevant to management, not just IT or security teams? Andrea Rota Because digital workplace management has a direct impact on business continuity. Devices, users, and data are tightly interconnected. Protecting data means protecting the business - reducing the risk of disruptions and ensuring the reliability of the IT services that underpin every core process. Marco Gornati It also comes down to control and governance. Companies want to know where their data is, how it's being used, and how it's being shared. With Everience, Cyber Grant Inc. can bring that level of control inside an already established service model - avoiding siloed solutions that add complexity and cost. Q: Why is it so important to address digital workplace management and data protection together? Marco Gornati Because data follows the user and the device. If you only protect the infrastructure, you leave the most critical layer exposed. CyberGrant solutions work directly on files, documents, and endpoints - and that approach integrates naturally with the digital workplace management services Everience provides. Andrea Rota The digital workplace is the new corporate perimeter. Governing it means dealing not just with devices and IT support, but also with the security of the information that flows through it. This partnership was built to address that need in a structured way. Q: What role does artificial intelligence play in your shared vision? Marco Gornati AI allows Cyber Grant Inc. to automate content classification and protection, reducing human error and increasing policy precision. It's a key enabler for making data protection sustainable in complex, distributed environments. Andrea Rota For Everience, AI is an enabler of efficiency and resilience. When integrated correctly, it allows organizations to manage increasingly complex IT environments while maintaining service quality and security. The key is that it serves the process - not the other way around. Q: How do DORA, NIS2, and GDPR fit into the context of this partnership? Andrea Rota These regulations push companies to strengthen governance, control, and operational continuity. Digital workplace and IT service management must align with these requirements - especially in regulated industries. Marco Gornati On CyberGrant's side, native data protection, full auditability, and access control directly support these obligations. Compliance isn't an add-on. It's the natural outcome of a well-designed security model. Q: Which organizations stand to benefit most from this collaboration? Marco Gornati The partnership is clearly relevant to mid-to-large enterprises and organizations managing critical data and distributed work environments - but it doesn't stop there. More and more SMBs are facing the same challenges as large companies: hybrid work, sensitive data, regulatory requirements, and limited internal resources. For these organizations, having access to solutions that are both effective and simple to adopt and manage is essential. Andrea Rota SMBs are a central part of its strategy. Many of these companies are accelerating their digital transformation without dedicated internal security teams. With this partnership, Cyber Grant Inc. can offer small and medium-sized businesses a data protection and digital workplace model that's scalable, modular, and sustainable - one that grows with the business without introducing unnecessary complexity. Q: What will you focus on in the coming months? Andrea Rota Consolidating the joint offering and defining clear use cases for the Italian market. The goal is to deliver concrete value - not abstract messaging. Marco Gornati Cyber Grant Inc.'ll focus on bringing a clear, tangible joint offering to market - one that addresses real needs around data protection and operational continuity. The objective is to help companies reduce risk and increase control, without adding complexity.