PREMI3NS is a public cloud platform operated by S3NS, a Thales-controlled French company, using Google Cloud technology. It provides Infrastructure-as-a-Service and managed application and data services for organizations that require hosting in France and a locally controlled operating environment.

Key Capabilities

Compute, storage, and networking: Compute Engine runs virtual machines, while Cloud Storage provides object storage. Virtual networks, load balancing, VPN connections, and interconnect services support application hosting and connectivity to existing infrastructure.
Container applications: Google Kubernetes Engine Autopilot provides Container Management capabilities for deploying, managing, and scaling Kubernetes workloads. PREMI3NS supports Autopilot clusters; GKE Standard is unavailable.
Managed databases and analytics: Cloud SQL supplies Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) for MySQL and PostgreSQL. BigQuery supports data warehousing and analytical queries.
Access and governance: Identity and Access Management assigns resource permissions. Organization Policy applies centralized configuration constraints, while Cloud Key Management Service manages cryptographic keys. Logging and monitoring services support operational oversight.
French operating environment: Data is hosted in a French region comprising three independent data centers. Physical and logical isolation, encryption, and S3NS-operated administration form part of the platform’s protection model.

Audience & Use Cases

Audience: Public-sector organizations, regulated enterprises, infrastructure teams, application developers, and data engineers.
Use cases: Hosting sensitive applications, migrating virtual-machine workloads, deploying containerized services, running managed relational databases, and analyzing data within a French cloud environment.

Technical Specifications

Infrastructure: One region with multiple zones. Applications can use multiple zones for resilience, but the documented GKE service does not support cross-region failover.
Interfaces: Service APIs, command-line tools, and client libraries.
Qualification: PREMI3NS has obtained ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification. Qualification coverage is service-specific; the current catalog marks some additional services as undergoing qualification.

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