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AWS expands program offering low-to-no cost security services for federal political campaigns and committees

AWS Public Sector Blog

To support their effective security and management, election campaigns and committees need access to the latest industry-leading security services and resources, regardless of their budget. Wickr provides a secure, end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service that is easy-to-use and works across all devices.

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StateRAMP on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Launched in 2020, StateRAMP was designed by its board of directors to support state entities that want to leverage cloud-based services in a secure way. In June 2023, StateRAMP updated their security baselines to align with 800-53 revision 5 (R5). What is StateRAMP? In both StateRAMP and FedRAMP there is a “Ready Status.”

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University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services

AWS Public Sector Blog

In January 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) inaugurated a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers.

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AI for broader control speed and security

Open Access Government - Technology News

Ygor Lutz, Chief Revenue Officer and Co-Founder of Travizory Border Security, guides us through artificial intelligence-powered BorderTech, which balances the need for both speed and security As competition between travel destinations increases, simplifying immigration processes remains a priority.

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Transforming Medicaid: Crafting a robust data strategy with AWS for operational efficiency

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to Gartner research from 2020 , inconsistency in data across sources is the most challenging data quality problem. AWS Trusted Advisor provides checks to help customers maintain their security posture for regulated HHS workloads. HHS workloads can be effectively isolated in dedicated accounts with data stored in U.S.

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Combating cyber-enabled fraud: Sapphire’s proactive cyber security approach

Open Access Government - Technology News

However, with online crime totalling $8tn globally, the system seems broken In the UK, fraud is the most experienced crime, accounting for 40% of all crimes. Given the vast number of cyber-enabled frauds in the UK, significant changes in the approach to cyber security are necessary to achieve this goal.

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How to shore up data protection beyond cyber security policies and standards

Open Access Government - Technology News

We rarely go for long without hearing of an information security breach or cyber-attack to which a public sector body or local council has fallen prey despite significant ongoing efforts and resource deployment to prevent them. Aberdeenshire Council had 243 data breaches between 2020 and 2022.

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