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Enhancing Security with CISA’s ScubaGear Baselines for M365

Microsoft Public Sector

In today's digital age, securing an organization's information is more critical than ever. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) stood up a program called Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA). Baseline implementation guides can be found at Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Project | CISA.

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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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Five need-to-know facts about using the AWS Cloud for K12 cyber-resiliency

AWS Public Sector Blog

Recently, AWS joined the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Education—among other leaders in the government and education community—to commit to improving the cybersecurity resilience of K12 education. According to Arden Peterkin, information security officer at Gwinnett County (Ga.)

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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

Digital advocates of the year Winner: Digital Identity Directorate Team – Brazil The Digital Identity Directorate Team implemented the innovative GOV.BR Digital Identity , revolutionizing Brazilian citizens’ relationship with the public sector through a secure, simple, and interoperable identity. Released in 2019, GOV.BR

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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 security OU secures operations with centralized audit and log archive accounts. Roles and service control policies (SCPs) enforce access restrictions to ensure security and minimize errors.

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

Open Access Government - Technology News

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. Sapphire is a UK-owned and operated cyber security company. Cyber security awareness Security awareness is crucial in protecting against fraud and cyber attacks.

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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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