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DriveLock: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

DriveLock SE is a German provider of endpoint security. With Device Control, administrators decide which data may move to which external devices, such as USB sticks, external drives and smartphones. The solution can enforce encryption of data written to removable media and records device use and data flows. Application Control additionally governs which programmes may run. The products are offered as an on-premise solution and as a managed security service. According to the vendor, the device and application controls are certified to Common Criteria EAL3+.

The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and is therefore subject to German and European law. Because the software can run on the organisation's own infrastructure, control and audit data can stay within its own environment. For the managed service, it is worth checking where data is stored and which processing terms apply. According to the vendor, development and operations are certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2022.

Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
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DE (EU)Verified by hand
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Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to DriveLock

The European alternatives to DriveLock come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with DriveLock

DriveLock is headquartered in DE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so DriveLock scores best on data residency.

DriveLock is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to DriveLock?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to DriveLock include Aagon ACMP, AppTec360 and baramundi Management Suite. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to DriveLock?

Our list of EU alternatives to DriveLock is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is DriveLock GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

DriveLock is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes DriveLock an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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