Sovereign cloud architectures for a multi-cloud reality

WAF++ is an open framework for everyone who wants to design cloud architectures intentionally, securely, and vendor-neutral.

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Signal → Decision → Policy

69 %of data breaches involve misconfiguration
68 %rank misconfiguration as a top risk
5+ M USDimpact of non-compliance
7pillars in WAF++

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The 7 pillars of WAF++

WAF++ structures cloud architecture across seven pillars — from Security to Sovereign. This creates a vendor-neutral framework that brings together multi-cloud reality, sovereignty, and regulatory requirements.

  • Security
  • Cost Optimization
  • Performance Efficiency
  • Reliability
  • Operational Excellence
  • Sustainability
  • Sovereign
7 PILLARS
From architecture to decisions

Each pillar provides principles and guiding questions to identify risks early — such as misconfiguration, lock-in, and lack of transparency — and to act with sovereignty.

GOVERNANCE & COMMUNITY

From the community — for the community

WAF++ is built openly, transparently, and iteratively. Governance ensures consistency, quality, and transparency — so community contributions scale without drifting into proprietary patterns.

GOVERNANCE
Principles, reviews, standards
  • Vendor-neutral guardrails instead of provider-specific prescriptions
  • Review process for reference architectures & content
  • Transparent decisions and traceable changes
QUICK START & RESOURCES

Your path to getting started

Start with the fundamentals, use checklists, and work your way step by step through the pillars and PASS. Documentation is your central entry point.

RESOURCES
Quick Start
  • Overview: WAF++ in 10 minutes
  • First checklist: structure risks & decisions
  • Next: pillar details, PASS, and reference architectures

References

“WAF++ provides a stable foundation for digital applications and shows how technical precision and design sensitivity can be successfully combined. The chosen color palette — with a solid, modern base tone and a fresh accent — conveys reliability while creating a visual identity that is both scalable and appealing.”

Lydia Hundsdörfer
Lydia Hundsdörfer
Project & Partner Manager Vogel IT

“WAF++ has great potential to become the perfect answer to real-world everyday questions from the technology, cloud & developer community. With increasing dynamics and the tension between the drive for innovation, technology overload, and sovereignty, companies and technology experts are under growing pressure and have so far found mostly fragmented or sales-driven answers. WAF++ starts a movement that brings together genuine hands-on expertise from the field — and can evolve it further.”

Maximilian Hille
Maximilian Hille
Cloud Analyst

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