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🇺🇸 Atlassian Corporation US jurisdiction

Jira

Atlassian's project management tool for agile teams and software development

Elevated Risk (Score: 2.16/5)

Hosting & Jurisdiction

Data Residency
🇳🇴 NO 🏳️ EU/EEA
Jurisdiction Exposure
🇺🇸 US
Self-Hosted Yes

Data Center option for self-hosting. Cloud version has US jurisdiction via Atlassian.

⚠️ Jurisdiction Risk

This product is subject to foreign jurisdiction (US), which may allow foreign authorities to compel data disclosure.

Key Concerns

  • CLOUD Act exposure
  • Forced migration from Server to Cloud
  • Data Center requires own operations

NDSI Assessment

Norwegian Digital Sovereignty Index v1.0 - Assessed 2025-12-01

Data 2/5

EU data residency available (realm)

Environment 2/5

Climate pledge

Legal 3/5

Subject to CLOUD Act as US company

Local presence 2/5

Partners available, no direct Norwegian presence

National security 2/5

Project data subject to US jurisdiction

Operational 2/5

Data Center version for self-hosting

Security 2/5

SOC 2, ISO 27001

Strategic 2/5

US-incorporated, Australian origin

Supply chain 2/5

AWS-based cloud

Technology 2/5

Proprietary, moderate lock-in

What You Can Do

Use Jira Data Center

Host Jira on your own servers or in Norwegian cloud

Effort: High Impact: High Requires: Data Center

Select EU realm

Use EU data residency in Jira Cloud

Effort: Low Impact: Medium

Technical Details

Open Source No
Data Portability Full
Self-Hosted Yes

Sources