---
title: "Secure cloud accounts and storage"
description: "Secure cloud accounts and storage, family Build, NIS2 Art. 21(2)(d)"
url: https://www.alt-f1.be/en/table/cl/
organization: ALT-F1 SRL, Brussels (VAT BE 0830.560.718)
---

# Secure cloud accounts and storage

Short label: CLOUD

Family: Build · NIS2 Art. 21(2)(d)
<a id="meaning"></a>

## Meaning

Control who can access cloud services, which files are public and how systems can be recovered.

<a id="why"></a>

## Why it matters

A mistaken permission or an account with excessive access can expose business information.

<a id="actions"></a>

## What you can do

Inventory services and administrators. Check permissions, sign-in protection, backups and the provider’s access arrangements.

## Services that can help

Sovereign Storage, Private AI and Custom Software can support the chosen design. We document the hosting and administration relevant to each service.

- [Sovereign Storage](https://www.alt-f1.be/en/sovereign-storage.md)
- [Private AI](https://www.alt-f1.be/en/private-ai.md)
- [Custom Software](https://www.alt-f1.be/en/custom-software.md)

## Official reference — NIS2 Art. 21(2)(d)

> 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be based on an all-hazards approach that aims to protect network and information systems and the physical environment of those systems from incidents, and shall include at least the following:
>
> — Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)

> (d) supply chain security, including security-related aspects concerning the relationships between each entity and its direct suppliers or service providers;
>
> — Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Art. 21(2)(d)

**What this reference concerns:** Your suppliers and service providers are part of your security: you must know what they do for you and what you require of them.

[Read the article on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022L2555#art_21) · Official text, quoted from the Official Journal of the EU