Proton Survey Finds 74% Concerned About Losing US Tech Access

Business leaders in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France surveyed by Proton reported concern about losing access to US technology services, with 74% saying they were worried a provider could disable access to a critical service. Proton surveyed 1,500 respondents, 500 in each country, from 15–24 July 2026, all of whom were involved in technology, backup, security, or continuity decisions. The company also reported that 56% said geopolitical risk was a factor in their technology purchasing decisions.

The survey also shows a gap between having a continuity plan and testing it regularly. Proton says 94% of respondents had some form of continuity plan, but only 44% tested it regularly, while 54% said their organisations could not operate beyond one business day after losing access to cloud and digital services or suffering a cyberattack. Only 34% reported a continuity solution for email, the highest service-specific figure in the survey. Proton uses the findings to argue for reducing dependence on US technology providers and to promote its own continuity offering, so the figures remain vendor-published survey results that measure respondents' concern and preparedness rather than the probability of a provider cutoff.

European policy and cybersecurity guidance provide a broader context for technology dependency and continuity planning. The European Commission adopted its Tech Sovereignty package on 3 June 2026, including an EU Open Source Strategy intended in part to reduce dependence on non-EU technologies. The Commission also says the Data Act contains measures intended to make switching between data-processing services easier. Separately, ENISA's NIS2 implementation guidance advises covered entities to test business continuity and disaster-recovery plans, review dependent third parties' recovery plans, and coordinate continuity planning with external service providers.

Proton did not survey Drupal users, so its results do not establish a Drupal-specific risk. Drupal sites and development workflows nevertheless depend on infrastructure outside the CMS itself. The Drupal Association says in its overview of Drupal.org services that Drupal.org supplies update servers, Composer-ready packages, security releases, and package signing, while its self-hosted GitLab instance hosts more than 50,000 repositories. Drupal's backup documentation says a complete backup should include the database, user-uploaded files, and the ability to return the codebase to a known working state, together with a tested rollback procedure.