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Rhebo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Rhebo is a German company based in Leipzig that develops security monitoring for industrial control and operational technology (OT) networks. Its Industrial Protector is a network-based intrusion detection system that detects cyberattacks and technical faults in OT networks, while the lighter IIoT Protector covers distributed IIoT installations. Rhebo also offers a managed protection service for operating the detection system. The company presents itself as OT security made in Germany, a claim that reflects the vendor's own positioning.

Rhebo has been wholly owned since January 2021 by the Swiss group Landis+Gyr, headquartered in Zug. The website does not state where customer data is hosted. The product is not presented as open source. Organisations should have support arrangements, the hosting location of monitoring data and access to that data confirmed in writing, particularly given the Swiss parent group.

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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

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Ultimate parent company	CHVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Cybersecurity
Type	Product
Website	rhebo.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Rhebo

The European alternatives to Rhebo 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 Rhebo

Rhebo 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. The ultimate owner is based in CH, also within Europe.

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

Rhebo 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.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Rhebo together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Rhebo?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to Rhebo?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Rhebo include CrowdSec. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Rhebo is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Rhebo 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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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".

We found none of these signals on the vendor's own site when we checked.

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

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