Digital Twins & Operational Agility 

Enabling a smarter, safer force

When complexity increases, agility wins. In today’s dynamic defence landscape, digital twins are no longer experimental — they are essential enablers of mission readiness, logistics resilience, and real-time insight.

At Sopra Steria, we don’t just create digital replicas of systems. We deliver dynamic, connected models that simulate, test, and improve operations — across the physical and digital spectrum. For the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, digital twins unlock new levels of preparedness, decision support, and lifecycle control across domains.

We don’t simulate for the sake of simulation. We simulate to optimise, adapt and act — faster, smarter, and with full sovereignty.

What is a Defence Digital Twin?

A digital twin is a live, evolving model of an asset, system, or operation — continuously updated with real-world data. It allows decision-makers to test scenarios, forecast outcomes, and improve performance without putting assets or lives at risk.

At Sopra Steria, our digital twins support:

  • Operational planning & rehearsal

  • Logistics chain modelling & optimisation

  • Predictive maintenance & readiness tracking

  • Training environment generation

  • Force structure and mobility testing

Why it matters to the Netherlands MoD

As the Dutch Armed Forces modernise their platforms and operational concepts, complexity rises: joint-force coordination, multi-domain environments, extended logistics, aging assets, and evolving threats.

Digital twins offer critical capabilities to:

 

Simulate mission scenarios before deployment

Anticipate failure points across fleets and assets

Improve safety and reduce cost across planning and execution

Enable commanders to make faster, data-driven decisions

Stress-test logistics and support chains

Our approach: Data-driven, modular, defence-ready

 

Built for real-world use, not just modelling
We tailor our twins to operational needs — not lab specs. Our teams co-design models with frontline users, ensuring relevance, usability, and mission fit.

Connected to live data
A digital twin is only as good as the data it uses. We integrate IoT, ERP, asset telemetry, and C2 systems to keep your twin current, relevant, and valuable.

Simulate across the lifecycle
From procurement to decommissioning, our twins support analysis at every stage: acquisition impact, readiness planning, MRO optimisation, and beyond.

Secure, sovereign by design
We design simulation and twin environments that respect data sensitivity, security clearance, and Dutch/EU regulatory frameworks.

Where Digital Twins add immediate value

  • Joint training & simulation: Build secure, flexible rehearsal environments for multi-unit and coalition exercises

  • Logistics resilience: Simulate parts flow, depot capacity, and contingency routing for high-readiness support

  • Fleet modernisation: Model the lifecycle cost, availability and impact of new platforms

  • Base infrastructure planning: Use spatial twins to plan facility upgrades, power systems, and defence mobility

  • Operational forecasting: Simulate mission outcomes using real-world force data and historical scenario inputs

Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Apr 16, 2025, 13:40 PM
Title* : Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Paris, January 15, 2025 – Sopra Steria, a major player in the European tech sector, today announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) that have integrated their solutions with Microsoft Security technology to better defend our mutual customers against a world of increasing cyber threats.

Our security solution is designed to address the diverse and evolving cyber threats in today's digital world. It focuses on several key areas: 

  1. Prevention: Supporting CISOs in defining and deploying a cyber strategy, integrating and maintaining security solutions, and setting up measures for monitoring, detection, and response to security incidents.
  2. Protection: Ensuring the security of all IS systems through sovereign solutions and partnerships with leading solution providers.
  3. Detection and Response: Implementing measures & managed security services to detect and respond to security incidents effectively. 

This unique approach includes enhanced threat detection and response, improved visibility and control, streamlined security operations, scalability and flexibility, and use of the Microsoft Security product portfolio, including Microsoft Sentinel. By integrating these advanced security technologies, we help our customers stay ahead of evolving cyber threats and maintain a strong security posture. 

Fabien Lecoq, Cyber Security Director for France & Group CTSO, commented: "Joining the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association marks a strategic milestone for Sopra Steria. As a European technology leader, we're expanding our cybersecurity capabilities, leveraging Microsoft's security technologies to provide more intelligent, responsive solutions for our clients. This collaboration underscores our commitment to collaborative defence against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, reinforcing our position at the forefront of European digital security innovation." 

“The Microsoft Intelligent Security Association has grown into a vibrant ecosystem comprised of the most reliable and trusted security software vendors across the globe,” said Maria Thomson, Director, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association. “Our members, like Sopra Steria, share Microsoft’s commitment to collaboration within the cybersecurity community to improve our customers’ ability to predict, detect, and respond to security threats faster.” 

Established in 2018 to bring together Microsoft leaders, ISVs, and MSSPs, MISA focuses on collaborating to combat security threats and create a safer environment for all. Its mission is to provide intelligent, industry-leading security solutions that work together to help protect organizations at the speed and scale of AI in an ever-increasing threat landscape.

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We bring defence simulation to life

Sopra Steria’s strength lies in our ability to integrate simulation into live operations. We don’t deliver tools in isolation. We deliver end-to-end simulation ecosystems that connect:

  • Command systems and digital backbones

  • Logistics and ERP environments

  • Geospatial, mobility and weather data

  • Cyber resilience scenarios and threat models

We have delivered digital twin ecosystems to support predictive maintenance in fleet systems, joint operational planning tools for European agencies, and simulated testing environments for critical system modernisation — all built to scale securely, and serve real mission needs.

Prepare, predict, prevail — with Digital Twins

In today’s environment, the ability to rehearse, adapt and respond quickly is a decisive advantage. Sopra Steria helps MOD NL gain that edge — through simulation that informs every decision, and digital twins that mirror the complexity of the mission.

Let’s build systems that think ahead — so your force can move forward with clarity and control.

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Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Apr 16, 2025, 13:40 PM
Title* : Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Paris, January 15, 2025 – Sopra Steria, a major player in the European tech sector, today announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) that have integrated their solutions with Microsoft Security technology to better defend our mutual customers against a world of increasing cyber threats.

Our security solution is designed to address the diverse and evolving cyber threats in today's digital world. It focuses on several key areas: 

  1. Prevention: Supporting CISOs in defining and deploying a cyber strategy, integrating and maintaining security solutions, and setting up measures for monitoring, detection, and response to security incidents.
  2. Protection: Ensuring the security of all IS systems through sovereign solutions and partnerships with leading solution providers.
  3. Detection and Response: Implementing measures & managed security services to detect and respond to security incidents effectively. 

This unique approach includes enhanced threat detection and response, improved visibility and control, streamlined security operations, scalability and flexibility, and use of the Microsoft Security product portfolio, including Microsoft Sentinel. By integrating these advanced security technologies, we help our customers stay ahead of evolving cyber threats and maintain a strong security posture. 

Fabien Lecoq, Cyber Security Director for France & Group CTSO, commented: "Joining the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association marks a strategic milestone for Sopra Steria. As a European technology leader, we're expanding our cybersecurity capabilities, leveraging Microsoft's security technologies to provide more intelligent, responsive solutions for our clients. This collaboration underscores our commitment to collaborative defence against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, reinforcing our position at the forefront of European digital security innovation." 

“The Microsoft Intelligent Security Association has grown into a vibrant ecosystem comprised of the most reliable and trusted security software vendors across the globe,” said Maria Thomson, Director, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association. “Our members, like Sopra Steria, share Microsoft’s commitment to collaboration within the cybersecurity community to improve our customers’ ability to predict, detect, and respond to security threats faster.” 

Established in 2018 to bring together Microsoft leaders, ISVs, and MSSPs, MISA focuses on collaborating to combat security threats and create a safer environment for all. Its mission is to provide intelligent, industry-leading security solutions that work together to help protect organizations at the speed and scale of AI in an ever-increasing threat landscape.

Tags :
  • microsoft
CP-MISA-FR

Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Apr 16, 2025, 13:40 PM
Title* : Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Paris, January 15, 2025 – Sopra Steria, a major player in the European tech sector, today announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) that have integrated their solutions with Microsoft Security technology to better defend our mutual customers against a world of increasing cyber threats.

Our security solution is designed to address the diverse and evolving cyber threats in today's digital world. It focuses on several key areas: 

  1. Prevention: Supporting CISOs in defining and deploying a cyber strategy, integrating and maintaining security solutions, and setting up measures for monitoring, detection, and response to security incidents.
  2. Protection: Ensuring the security of all IS systems through sovereign solutions and partnerships with leading solution providers.
  3. Detection and Response: Implementing measures & managed security services to detect and respond to security incidents effectively. 

This unique approach includes enhanced threat detection and response, improved visibility and control, streamlined security operations, scalability and flexibility, and use of the Microsoft Security product portfolio, including Microsoft Sentinel. By integrating these advanced security technologies, we help our customers stay ahead of evolving cyber threats and maintain a strong security posture. 

Fabien Lecoq, Cyber Security Director for France & Group CTSO, commented: "Joining the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association marks a strategic milestone for Sopra Steria. As a European technology leader, we're expanding our cybersecurity capabilities, leveraging Microsoft's security technologies to provide more intelligent, responsive solutions for our clients. This collaboration underscores our commitment to collaborative defence against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, reinforcing our position at the forefront of European digital security innovation." 

“The Microsoft Intelligent Security Association has grown into a vibrant ecosystem comprised of the most reliable and trusted security software vendors across the globe,” said Maria Thomson, Director, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association. “Our members, like Sopra Steria, share Microsoft’s commitment to collaboration within the cybersecurity community to improve our customers’ ability to predict, detect, and respond to security threats faster.” 

Established in 2018 to bring together Microsoft leaders, ISVs, and MSSPs, MISA focuses on collaborating to combat security threats and create a safer environment for all. Its mission is to provide intelligent, industry-leading security solutions that work together to help protect organizations at the speed and scale of AI in an ever-increasing threat landscape.

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  • microsoft
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Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Apr 16, 2025, 13:40 PM
Title* : Sopra Steria joins the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association

Paris, January 15, 2025 – Sopra Steria, a major player in the European tech sector, today announced it has become a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) that have integrated their solutions with Microsoft Security technology to better defend our mutual customers against a world of increasing cyber threats.

Our security solution is designed to address the diverse and evolving cyber threats in today's digital world. It focuses on several key areas: 

  1. Prevention: Supporting CISOs in defining and deploying a cyber strategy, integrating and maintaining security solutions, and setting up measures for monitoring, detection, and response to security incidents.
  2. Protection: Ensuring the security of all IS systems through sovereign solutions and partnerships with leading solution providers.
  3. Detection and Response: Implementing measures & managed security services to detect and respond to security incidents effectively. 

This unique approach includes enhanced threat detection and response, improved visibility and control, streamlined security operations, scalability and flexibility, and use of the Microsoft Security product portfolio, including Microsoft Sentinel. By integrating these advanced security technologies, we help our customers stay ahead of evolving cyber threats and maintain a strong security posture. 

Fabien Lecoq, Cyber Security Director for France & Group CTSO, commented: "Joining the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association marks a strategic milestone for Sopra Steria. As a European technology leader, we're expanding our cybersecurity capabilities, leveraging Microsoft's security technologies to provide more intelligent, responsive solutions for our clients. This collaboration underscores our commitment to collaborative defence against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, reinforcing our position at the forefront of European digital security innovation." 

“The Microsoft Intelligent Security Association has grown into a vibrant ecosystem comprised of the most reliable and trusted security software vendors across the globe,” said Maria Thomson, Director, Microsoft Intelligent Security Association. “Our members, like Sopra Steria, share Microsoft’s commitment to collaboration within the cybersecurity community to improve our customers’ ability to predict, detect, and respond to security threats faster.” 

Established in 2018 to bring together Microsoft leaders, ISVs, and MSSPs, MISA focuses on collaborating to combat security threats and create a safer environment for all. Its mission is to provide intelligent, industry-leading security solutions that work together to help protect organizations at the speed and scale of AI in an ever-increasing threat landscape.

Tags :
  • microsoft
CP-MISA-FR