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mnemonic: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

mnemonic is a Norwegian cybersecurity service provider headquartered in Oslo. It offers managed security services, threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing and security consultancy, delivered by consultants, threat researchers and ethical hackers. Its proprietary Argus security platform supports this work, and an Argus MCP server lets AI assistants query Argus data in natural language. The company works with large private and public organisations and critical infrastructure in Europe.

mnemonic AS describes itself as an independent company and has offices in Stavanger, Trondheim, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Utrecht, London and Palo Alto, besides Oslo. Its privacy notice states that it complies with the GDPR and that personal data is stored in data centres in Norway, unless a service contract or a listed service provider says otherwise. Norway is part of the European Economic Area, so the core data storage lies within the EEA. The Argus platform is proprietary, so customers rely on the vendor's service and contract terms for it.

Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EEA: the GDPR applies directly
  • 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 12, 2026
Headquarters
NO (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
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Type
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Website

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to mnemonic

The European alternatives to mnemonic come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 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 mnemonic

mnemonic is headquartered in NO, which falls under the GDPR through the European Economic Area. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

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

mnemonic 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 mnemonic?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to mnemonic include Actalis, Advenica and Aikido Security. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to mnemonic?

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

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

mnemonic is headquartered in NO (EFTA) and hosts data in EU. That makes mnemonic an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

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