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Changes in the Ransomware Threat to State and Local Governments

State Tech Magazine

According to SonicWall’s 2023 Cyber Threat Report, ransomware has “been on a tear” for the past few years, growing 105 percent year over year in 2021. While the report found that attacks were down in 2022, ransomware targets still reported very large number of attacks compared to levels in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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How Penn State built an all-in-one campus resource app on Modo Labs’ development platform using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2019, Pennsylvania State University ( Penn State ) began looking for a better way to meet the needs of its digital-native student population—specifically, a seamless way to connect students with on-campus resources. Student interest was high and Penn State captured detailed feedback from student testers who used the app every day.

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Open government procurement drives innovation using the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

By 2019, the cloud supported SMEs that used £1.3 In 2019, ChileCompra redesigned how to buy computers, data services, and software development. ChileCompra expected savings of 10 percent : As of 2021, the new framework led to average savings of 28 percent compared to market prices. By 2015, there was a £4 billion ($5.09

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2019, AWS launched the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Program (EEIP) in South Africa , to pursue its mission to invest over $20 million (ZAR 365 million) in developing 100% black-owned small information and communications technology (ICT) and digital economy businesses in the country through December 2026.

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Smart, safe and sustainable cycling: how AI-powered insights will encourage the next generation

Open Access Government - Technology News

The total value of the UK bicycle market was estimated to be around 47% higher in 2021 than in 2019, and the latest DfT Road Traffic Estimates suggest that cycle traffic in 2021 was 15.7% higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Over the last two years the UK has seen a cycling ‘boom’.

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4 global skills trends shaping workforce development

AWS Public Sector Blog

The highest percent change in Coursera learner enrollment growth between Q4 2020 and Q4 2021 can be seen in the regions of Asia-Pacific (APAC), Middle East/North Africa (MENA), and sub-Saharan Africa. Across the globe, 44 percent of the people enrolled in Coursera courses are now women, up from 35 percent in 2019.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2019, CSS released a major feature as part of go-live to support a 4-hour recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) of zero to support zero data loss requirements, using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) cross-Region replication. Key performance indicators for CSS cloud value.

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