Transparent methodology

SovereigntyMap assesses cloud dependency with a public, reproducible, regularly updated methodology.

1

Collection

Technical signals and public evidence

2

Attribution

Mapping to cloud providers

3

Scoring

Weighted scoring and normalisation

4

Evidence

Indicator compilation

5

History

Tracking over time

6

Right of reply

Correction and dispute

1

Collection

Technical signals from public sources.

  • DNS / MX
  • HTTP headers
  • TLS certificates
2

Attribution

Mapping to cloud providers and services.

  • Cloud knowledge base
  • Proprietary IPs & ASNs
  • Multi-signal disambiguation
3

Scoring

Weighted score, normalised to 100.

4

Evidence

All evidence is timestamped and linked to the score.

  • Signal type
  • Observed value
  • Signal confidence
5

History

Score and trend tracking.

6

Right of reply

Organisations can review the evidence and request corrections.

Transparency & reproducibility

Public methodology
Timestamped evidence
Open APIs
Reproducible exports

Score calculation

Infrastructure & network25%
Managed services25%
Applications & platforms20%
CDN & delivery10%

Calculation formula

Score = Σ(wᵢ × sᵢ) / Σwᵢ × 100
  • Per-category cap
  • Multi-signal deduplication
  • Continuous updates

Key sources & signals

  • DNS & MX
  • ASN & IP
  • HTTP headers
  • CDN & Edge
  • Certificats & TLS
  • Passive telemetry

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