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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

In February 2023, for example, the Defense Department’s inspector general found that “DoD personnel are downloading mobile applications to their DoD mobile devices that could pose operational and cybersecurity risks to DoD information and information systems.” But recent media reports suggest the deadline might be elusive.

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Securing and automating compliance in the public sector with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower. Doing so allows your organization to: Consistently implement security and compliance across different environments, Regions, and accounts, and reduce the risk of human error.

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National framework for AI assurance in Australian government: Guidance when building with AWS AI/ML solutions

AWS Public Sector Blog

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. AWS provides many security tools to maintain data privacy and is accredited to operate at the IRAP PROTECTED classification level.

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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

Johnson joined Covered California after serving as the chief deputy director at the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California’s Medicaid agency, from 2007 to 2017. There, she managed and directed day-to-day operations and formulated and implemented policies to achieve the department’s mission. Louis University.

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Ransomware targeting the NHS: securing data and saving lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

Ransomware targeting the NHS In addition, there is also a considerable amount of data created by running NHS operations behind the patient frontline services such as HR, procurement, and finance. 2017 the Wannacry attack hit almost a hundred countries, targeting public and private sector organisations.

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) invested in the development of Prozorro, which is estimated to have saved Ukraine’s government $6 billion since 2017. Monitor and evaluate against objectives Governments set clear objectives and create mechanisms for continual introspection, improvement, and accountability.

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some of those same local leaders are responding with a plan of their own: Convince the federal government, whose workforce is Metro’s largest customer base, to subsidize the system’s operational costs. It's best to line up support and funding, when you're wildly successful. It's really hard when you're failing. Good luck with that.