Sovereignty starts with the right technology
Government
Governments are digitizing at an unprecedented pace, while increasing dependence on a handful of foreign technology providers, stricter cybersecurity legislation, and the rapid adoption of AI all demand attention at the same time. Heimdallr Professional Services helps government departments and public sector agencies retain control over their digital infrastructure through Digital Sovereignty, Zero Trust, and AI Security.
Important trends for governments
Developments you can't ignore
Government depends on the trust of its citizens and the continuity of the essential services that keep society running. From social benefits and taxation to permits, public safety, and critical infrastructure. Behind every one of these services lies technology, and that technology is under increasing pressure.
Three developments are converging. Dependence on a small number of predominantly American cloud providers has become so significant that the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) has urged the public sector to take action. Today, 98 percent of Dutch municipalities rely on at least one American cloud service. At the same time, legislation is becoming more demanding. The Dutch Cybersecurity Act, the national implementation of the European NIS2 Directive, is expected to enter into force on 1 July 2026, introducing stricter duties of care and mandatory incident reporting for government organizations. Meanwhile, the use of AI in public decision-making requires robust safeguards, particularly in light of the painful lessons learned from algorithmic systems that unfairly affected citizens.
Treating these developments as separate challenges no longer works. We address them together through three strategic themes where we help government organizations build resilience.
Resilience built on the right framework
Zero Trust
The traditional assumption that everything inside the government network can be trusted is no longer sustainable. Civil servants work in hybrid environments, partner organizations connect directly to one another’s systems, and sensitive information moves continuously between agencies and cloud platforms. Zero Trust reverses this assumption: no user, device, or connection is trusted by default. Every request is continuously verified.
For government organizations, this is no longer simply best practice—it has become policy. Both Zero Trust and the principle of “assume breach” are explicitly incorporated into the updated Dutch Government Information Security Baseline (BIO2), effective since March 2026. With the introduction of the Cybersecurity Act, this baseline will become a legal requirement. The resulting duty of care and mandatory incident reporting obligations require demonstrable control and incident response processes aligned with the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). A Zero Trust architecture delivers exactly that level of assurance.
What we build
Zero Trust architecture and implementation
End-to-end Zero Trust designed and delivered in your environment. Segmentation, access control and policy enforcement, built to operate, not to present.
Identity & access management
Identity is the control plane of Zero Trust. We implement authentication, authorisation and access governance as the foundation everything else depends on, not as a bolt-on.
Secure and sovereign cloud
We build and migrate cloud environments where control over data, infrastructure and platform dependencies is non-negotiable. The operational agility of cloud, without surrendering sovereignty to the provider.
Access and network platforms (SSE/SASE)
We implement the edge platforms that carry Zero Trust into daily operations, fully integrated with your existing environment and not deployed alongside it as a parallel stack.
Legacy to Zero Trust migrations
Controlled, phased transitions from legacy architecture to Zero Trust, designed to eliminate the risky big-bang cutover and keep operational risk contained throughout.
Deploy AI without compromising public trust
AI Security
Artificial intelligence offers enormous opportunities for government: faster public services, reduced administrative workload, and more effective enforcement. Yet the risks are equally significant. Previous failures involving algorithmic decision-making demonstrated how quickly public trust can be undermined when technology lacks transparency and accountability. AI also introduces entirely new security challenges, from sensitive information leaking through AI tools to manipulated models and automated decisions that can no longer be properly explained.
The regulatory framework is rapidly becoming more concrete. Under the European AI Act, many government AI applications are classified as high-risk. From August 2026 onwards, public authorities must conduct Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments for these systems and formally register their use. Oversight will be shared between the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) and the Dutch Digital Infrastructure Inspectorate (RDI), while the national Algorithm Register increases transparency by making government algorithms publicly visible and accountable.
What we do
We help government organizations deploy AI responsibly and securely. We protect the AI solutions you use, monitor the data entering and leaving AI environments, and implement controls against misuse and data leakage. At the same time, we translate the requirements of the European AI Act—from Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments to mandatory registration—into practical governance and technical controls, allowing innovation and accountability to reinforce one another.
We’re vendor independent which means we always recommend the best solution for your situation.
Your digital watchguard for what matters most
Why government organizations choose Heimdallr
Heimdallr Professional Services specializes in the three disciplines that are becoming increasingly interconnected within government: Digital Sovereignty, Zero Trust, and AI Security. We are not a generalist consultancy offering a little of everything. We are specialists with deep expertise in these domains.
Our consultants bring decades of experience in software engineering, infrastructure, and cybersecurity while understanding the realities of the public sector: balancing speed with due diligence, meeting the demands of legality and transparency, and designing solutions that scale across large organizations. We communicate as effectively with your engineers as we do with your CISO, internal audit teams, and executive leadership.
We do not sell products, nor do we deliver generic reports. We are the specialists who design, build, and migrate these environments every day. Our advice is entirely vendor-independent—we recommend what best serves the public interest. And because trust must be earned, we would rather begin with a focused conversation than present you with a lengthy report.