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Ransomware Attackers Seek Payday Through Disruption of Operations

State Tech Magazine

In 2019, the city of Lodi, Calif., was hit by ransomware attacks, which prompted CIO Benjamin Buecher to upgrade the city’s defenses. “A A few years back, we were hit by three attacks in three months by the same ransomware,” Buecher says in a Rubrik case study. The attack significantly impacted our municipal services.

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Continued innovation in CJIS compliance in both AWS GovCloud (US) and AWS US Commercial Regions

AWS Public Sector Blog

When AWS launched these CJIS Security compliance innovations in early 2019, we did so with reference to our AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Customers can confidently deploy CJIS workloads in either AWS (US) region, while maintaining access to simple and powerful cloud native tools to manage the full lifecycle of sensitive data.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

CSS built and now operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform in the US, supporting Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s 70 percent market share of the industry with flexibility, scalability, and security at its core. Thisarea also includes the ability of IT to roll out new and updated services faster.

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the EIS, AWS operations will add an estimated ZAR 68 billion more to South Africa’s GDP by 2029. Workforce now and in the future The jobs supported by AWS’s investment span sectors such as telecommunications, nonresidential construction, electricity generation, facilities maintenance, and data center operations.

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How EdIndia Foundation uses AWS to upskill teachers and increase student success

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released in 2019 , 70 percent of students in grade three remain behind grade level, 57 percent of students in grade nine cannot solve a simple division problem, and almost 50 percent of students drop out of the school system before reaching tenth grade.

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The power of collaboration accelerates public sector transformation in Iceland

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Icelandic Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs launched an ambitious initiative to accelerate the digital transformation of public services in Iceland in 2019. Services from driving licenses, to health insurance applications, to operating licenses for hotels and restaurants, now operate through Digital Iceland’s portal.

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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 It operates with a regulatory framework based on transparency, efficiency, accessibility, and nondiscrimination. In 2019, ChileCompra redesigned how to buy computers, data services, and software development. By 2015, there was a £4 billion ($5.09 billion ($1.65