Technology Ownership Assessment | Linden Infrastructure Labs

STEP 1 · START HERE

Ownership is defined by control, not possession.

This free assessment helps you think through where your business information lives, who controls important accounts, how dependent you are on providers, and what would happen if something changed.

Free

There is no payment or account registration.

Practical

Answer what you currently know. You do not need to investigate anything.

Indicative

Your result is not a technical audit, compliance assessment, or security certification.

This score is based on your answers. It is not a security audit, compliance assessment, or verified measurement of your systems.

STEP 2 · ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

A little context helps us read your result.

We only ask for the information needed to associate your assessment with you. You can complete the assessment without creating an account.

Business name

Contact name

Business email

Business category

Approximate number of employees

STEP 3 · BUSINESS INFORMATION

Business Information

Choose the answer that best reflects what you currently know. There are no right or wrong answers.

Do you know where your business and customer information is stored?

Yes, all of itSome of itNo

If you stopped using your current software tomorrow, could you take your business information with you?

YesSome of itNoNot sure

Do you have an independent copy of your important business information?

YesSomeNoNot sure

STEP 4 · SOFTWARE AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Software and Service Providers

Choose the answer that best reflects what you currently know. There are no right or wrong answers.

If your most important software provider doubled its prices, could you reasonably switch to another provider?

YesWith difficultyNoNot sure

Do you know which software or online services your business could not operate without?

YesSomeNo

Have you ever continued paying for a software service because changing providers seemed too difficult?

YesNoNot sure

STEP 5 · ACCOUNTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Accounts and Communications

Choose the answer that best reflects what you currently know. There are no right or wrong answers.

Does your business control its own email domain, such as yourbusiness.ca?

YesNoNot sure

If your current email provider stopped working, could you restore your business email elsewhere?

YesWith helpNoNot sure

Does your business control the administrator accounts for its essential software and services?

YesSomeNoNot sure

STEP 6 · RECOVERY AND CONTINUITY

Recovery and Continuity

Choose the answer that best reflects what you currently know. There are no right or wrong answers.

If your main business computer or software service became unavailable today, how long could you continue operating?

Have you tested whether you can actually restore your important business information?

Yes, recentlyYes, but not recentlyNeverNot sure

If the person who manages your technology became unavailable, could someone else take over?

YesWith difficultyNoNot sure

STEP 7 · UNDERSTANDING YOUR OPTIONS

Understanding Your Options

Choose the answer that best reflects what you currently know. There are no right or wrong answers.

Do you know what would happen to your information if you cancelled an essential software subscription?

YesFor some servicesNo

Have you ever reviewed how you would leave or replace your most important technology providers?

YesPartiallyNo

If a technology provider changed its terms tomorrow, would you know what options your business had?

YesSome optionsNoNot sure

STEP 8 · YOUR RESULTS

Your Technology Ownership Score

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YOUR EXPOSURE

Complete the assessment to see your result.

This score is based on your answers. It is not a security audit, compliance assessment, or verified measurement of your systems.

A PRACTICAL DEFINITION

What does technology ownership actually mean?

Technology ownership isn't simply about where your computers are or whose software you use. It's about whether your business can make its own decisions, retain access to its information, and continue operating when circumstances change.

A business can use external providers and still retain meaningful control. Problems arise when important decisions, information, or recovery options depend on arrangements the business does not understand or cannot influence.

Ownership is defined by control, not possession.

OPTIONAL NEXT STEP

Understand what these results mean for your business

Your free assessment shows where you may have limited control or uncertainty. During a one-on-one remote consultation, LIL will review actual software subscriptions, accounts, administrative arrangements, and provider terms together with you.

We’ll identify meaningful dependencies, discuss practical options, and provide a basic written remediation plan.

Introductory Remote Consultation — $200 CAD

Review of your assessment
Guided examination of relevant accounts, software, and provider arrangements
Identification of meaningful dependencies and potential failure modes
Discussion of practical remediation options
Basic written remediation plan

Remote only. No implementation purchase is required. Implementation, if desired, is quoted separately. This is not a comprehensive cybersecurity audit, legal review, or compliance certification.

I would like to request the $200 CAD introductory consultation.

WIDER CONTEXT

Digital Sovereignty in Practice

You're not the only one asking these questions.

Governments are examining how much control they retain over their data, technology, and essential services. The same questions matter to smaller businesses, even if the scale is different.

CANADA

Control and Independence

Canada's Digital Sovereignty Framework considers the ability to manage information, make independent technology decisions, and maintain operations regardless of where technology is developed, hosted, or supported.

This assessment is independent and is not endorsed or certified by the Government of Canada.

Read the Canadian framework

EUROPEAN UNION

Measuring Digital Sovereignty

The European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework evaluates multiple dimensions, including legal jurisdiction, data, operations, supply chains, and technological independence.

LIL's five assessment categories are not equivalent to the Commission's formal evaluation methodology.

Read the EU framework overview

EUROPEAN EXAMPLES

Changing Technology Providers

Aarhus, Denmark: An Interoperable Europe report says Aarhus migrated 60 systems to Hetzner and reported reducing annual operating costs from about DKK 800,000 to around DKK 225,000.

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: In September 2026, the State Chancellery reported completing its Windows-to-Linux transition for more than 200 employees. Around 20 specialized workstations remained on Windows, and the wider government rollout continues.

These are public-institution examples, not promises that every business transition will have the same result.

Aarhus example
Schleswig-Holstein announcement

The point isn't that every business should replace its software. It's that every business should understand its choices.

Your business depends on technology. How much of it do you actually control?

Technology ownership isn't about owning everything.

Your Information

Your Choices

Your Continuity

Five areas. One clearer picture of your business.

Why technology ownership matters now

Understand where your business stands.

About your business

Ownership is defined by control, not possession.

Free

Practical

Indicative

A little context helps us read your result.

Business Information

Software and Service Providers

Accounts and Communications

Recovery and Continuity

Understanding Your Options

Your Technology Ownership Score

Complete the assessment to see your result.

What does technology ownership actually mean?

Understand what these results mean for your business

Digital Sovereignty in Practice

Control and Independence

Measuring Digital Sovereignty

Changing Technology Providers