Datadog achieves Cyber Essentials Plus certification for its UK operations and UK1 production environment

Datadog has obtained Cyber Essentials Plus certification for its UK operations, providing independently tested evidence of cybersecurity controls for customers assessing supplier risk, governance, and procurement requirements. The UK government-backed certification covers five areas—firewalls, secure configuration, security updates, user access control, and malware protection—and applies to Datadog’s defined UK assessment boundary, including its UK1 production environment, UK-based personnel, devices, and supporting infrastructure. Launched in July 2026 on AWS’s London region, UK1 allows organizations to host observability and security data within the UK, potentially supporting data-location, latency, audit, and resilience considerations. Datadog positions the combined UK1 and CE+ offering as particularly relevant to regulated sectors such as government, finance, healthcare, and higher education, while noting that certification does not replace customers’ own compliance responsibilities. The company also plans to provide information aligned with the NCSC Cloud Security Principles and pursue Defence Cyber Certification for the UK defense supply chain.

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