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What is PREMI3NS?

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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What is PREMI3NS?
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.