State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2022

For more than a decade, federal agencies have relied on the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) to clear cloud technology vendors through a security and risk assessment, thus qualifying them for federal contracts. Founded in 2020, StateRAMP is an organization that aims to do the same for state governments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In 2020, for instance, 45 percent of ransomware attacks centered on municipalities, according to Barracuda Networks research. New data from the Institute for Security and Technology’s Ransomware Task Force, however, seems to suggest fewer incidents have arisen in 2022.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 16, 2024

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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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

Reliance on managed security providers increased from 2020 to 2022, Deloitte and NASCIO note. In 2020, 51 percent of survey respondents said they contracted with a managed security service provider; in 2022, the figure was 78 percent.…

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Disaster Zone blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

UK public sector organisations are facing threats and increasingly sophisticated attacks on key infrastructure and software security This trend is only expanding as more services become digitised and complex software supply chains multiply the opportunities for malicious actors to infiltrate networks.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

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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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Digital Identity , revolutionizing Brazilian citizens’ relationship with the public sector through a secure, simple, and interoperable identity. It has 155 million users, performs three billion authentications a month, and enables secure access to 4,500 digital services from more than 1,000 public agencies. Released in 2019, GOV.BR

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In keeping with this philosophy, Wharton fully migrated its infrastructure to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2020 so it could move quickly and adapt to the latest technological advancements. The school has a long-standing emphasis on the use of data and technology in both its research of business ideas and its approach to student learning.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

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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Google Public Sector

MAY 22, 2023

In 2020, OCSS made a conscious pivot to introduce more technology into its education process, which had been mostly limited to paper-and-pencil and a lot of face-to-face instruction. Screened and Secured Ohio DRC rolled out Google Chromebooks as part of a pilot project in 2020. Sanders was surprised by the response.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Arnie Armstrong, Cyber Security Principal at Made Tech , explains why a user-centred cyber security approach is vital to local government We often hear that the biggest cyber security vulnerability in any organisation is its own employees, but is this really the case? Could user-centred cyber security be the answer?

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FedTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But when COVID-19 struck in 2020, the center’s home base of Fort Eisenhower, Ga. “Our classes are like a conveyer belt,” says Todd Boudreau, deputy commandant of the Cyber School, part of the Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence. formerly…

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

In May 2020, Maakestad began looking for a solution to support NU’s students through this crisis and beyond. Our customers’ data is kept secure through AWS’s range of security features and compliance with relevant security standards, including HITRUST and ISO/IEC 27001.”

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 29, 2023

We must improve security because the impacts of human error on cybersecurity can be immense, and one small slip-up can have disastrous impacts One small slip-up or moment of personal irresponsibility can cause havoc for even the most robust organisations. The statistics speak for themselves. This isn’t coincidence.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2020

2020 has been an unprecedented year in so many ways. Lastly, the politics of 2020 must be called unprecedented. 2020 has been an unprecedented year in so many ways. Lastly, the politics of 2020 must be called unprecedented. Disasters have also been unprecedented in frequency and scope.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The application offers a secure and private platform for surviving siblings to chronicle memories through storytelling, pictures, and videos. I founded SibsForever in August 2020. I relied heavily on documented best practices for building a resilient, secure, and scalable application.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Some state and local governments never established demilitarized zone networks because they didn’t consider home offices a threat when they shifted to remote work after the COVID-19 outbreak, security experts say. What is a DMZ network?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

Central to the event were the themes of generative AI, sustainability, security, and—importantly for Europe—digital sovereignty. Building a strong data foundation Secure, reliable, and scalable cloud infrastructure helps public sector organizations to innovate quickly while meeting strict security and compliance requirements.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 3, 2023

Crisis management agencies must interact with each other and the public effectively to minimise economic damage, secure a country’s infrastructure, create political capital for the serving government, and, most importantly, save lives. It is this technology and the continued investment in it that is keeping the public safe.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

In Virginia, the Commonwealth Data Trust is the legal framework that facilitates data sharing between public and private organizations through contractual agreements that define the responsibilities of data trust users to keep trust provided data assets secure, private, and confidential. Not everyone has a secure environment at all times.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The December 2020 attack, attributed to Russian foreign intelligence, compromised nine agencies with malicious software embedded in via legitimate updates. Since then, various federal agencies have issued guidance on how to enhance IT supply chain security.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The Transportation Security Administration is responsible for screening and providing information about policies and procedures for all commercial airline passengers, with the agency screening more than 450 million travelers in fiscal year 2020. Improvements made by the TSA.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 28, 2023

Election security has been in the news since 2020. How secure are elections in the United States and what specifically makes vote by mail a secure way to cast your ballot? He is charged with the executive oversight of the Washington Secretary of State's Elections and Information Security & Response divisions.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 24, 2024

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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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In this podcast we look at one individual county and the security measures used from a physical and cybersecurity perspective, but then also preventing voter fraud from occurring. The integrity of our election system is essential for citizens to trust the outcome of local, state and national elections.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The open source app IO was launched in early 2020 by PagoPA , a state-owned company created to spread digital services in Italy, to overturn this paradigm by putting simple and user-centered public services into the citizens’ pockets. Winner: Cambodia Data eXchange (CamDX) – Techo Startup Center (TSC), Cambodia.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Thousands of South African customers have used AWS technologies to transform their businesses and accelerate their innovation, agility, and cost savings since AWS launched the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region in 2020. This includes local vendors in construction, engineering, energy consulting, plumbing, maintenance, and security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

One such organization is FOLX , a US startup that launched in 2020, offering technology-enabled healthcare tailored to serving the physical and mental health needs of the LGBTQIA+ community. Expanding access to gender-affirming care The FOLX app provides tailored healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ community.

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The City Fix

JULY 2, 2021

The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities is the premier global award celebrating and spotlighting transformative urban change, and its $250,000 grand prize winner for 2020-21 has been announced: Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario, an urban agriculture project from. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2022

By the end of 2020, 495 million people subscribed to mobile services in Sub-Saharan Africa, representing 46% of the region’s population – an increase of almost 20 million from 2019. Security : The security of our users is a priority, so we utilize encryption at the physical layer to help protect our data.

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CarahCast

JANUARY 22, 2021

Election officials throughout the country, armed with cyber-trooper support from Washington, went on the offensive this year and staved off significant cyber penetration of the election process.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A report by Ipsos for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport last May found that many UK businesses needed more staff with the technical, incident response, and governance skills needed to manage their cyber security. How common are security breaches in government? How common are security breaches in government?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Hartnell College is a public community college located in Salinas, California, with over 7,500 undergraduates enrolled (2020–2021). Keeping IT infrastructure, software, and security measures up-to-date with a (usually) small IT department can be challenging.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2023

between 2000 and 2020, with the over 65 group projected to increase more rapidly over the next decade. The proportion of people 65 and over in Australia has increased from 12.4% The AWS Healthcare Accelerator for Aged Care and Digital Health is part of AWS’s commitment to helping startups drive innovation and grow their businesses.

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