FedTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Federal government cybersecurity breaches rose by 453 percent between fiscal years 2016 and 2021, according to the Government Accountability Office. To combat and overcome these threats, federal IT administrators can use IP packet capture to examine network traffic for security threats using Microsoft Network Monitor (Netmon).

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

Cyber experts often emphasize that there’s no silver bullet for improving the security of government systems. In the United States, the number of unfilled jobs stands at about 410,000, a 9% increase over 2021. The federal government has increased efforts to improve the security of the software supply chain.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Wickr RAM is DOD compliant and able to transmit controlled unclassified information (CUI), personal health information (PHI), and personally identifiable information (PII) as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). For federal agencies and DOD entities, a data breach can be disastrous for national security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

In addition to the IT team, health and human services subject matter experts, the Amazon Managed Services team, and the AWS account team helped the department with EPS design and deployment in the AWS Cloud. Through the combined efforts of the North Carolina and AWS teams, the full EPS launched on the deadline of July 1, 2021.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 13, 2023

“Be prepared against data loss and data theft” is the slogan behind the World Backup Day 2023 campaign on the importance of data security World Backup Day shines a light on maintaining computer system security. Advance fee fraud, where a large sum of money is promised in return for a small upfront fee, accounted for 17%.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 19, 2022

Download our guidebook to learn how reCAPTCHA Enterprise can help strengthen your website security quickly. Cyber threats on the rise In 2021, the United States saw 40.5% Google Cloud’s reCAPTCHA Enterprise offers comprehensive website security solutions to successfully protect against cyber threats. References: 1.

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GovLoop

JUNE 5, 2023

But the 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity has done much to give the good guys an edge. Bo Berlas, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the U.S. One way GSA is doing that is through microsegmentation — dividing networks into segments and applying security controls to each. Department of Energy.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 27, 2023

The skills gap is even more alarming given the more than 41% increase in the number of cybercrime victims between 2021 and 2022. For instance, the ability to follow national and international privacy and security standards earns trust with customers and partners who expect their data to be protected at every moment.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In 2021, DHS, like many agencies, was putting together a funding request to boost its cybersecurity work after the SolarWinds cyberattack. Now the department’s Chief Information Security Officer, Baidwan puts it this way: “OK, we got $5. Now the department’s Chief Information Security Officer, Baidwan puts it this way: “OK, we got $5.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

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. CSS uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power their solutions in the cloud.

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The CIO Council

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The public comment period extends to the end of December 2021. Both government and personal information are at increased risk of compromise, including government and personal user account information, contacts, and application data. Please submit your comments to wireless@gsa.gov by December 29th, 2021.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Department of Defense (DoD) organizations often have requirements to establish a secure, scalable, multi-account environment that implements the security baseline compliant with US federal government standards. AWS GovCloud (US) helps meet compliance mandates, safeguard sensitive data, and protect accounts and workloads.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 26, 2023

This walkthrough focuses on the use case for how to use open data to support food security programming, but this solution can be applied to many other initiatives in the nonprofit space. In this blog post we are interested in food security specifically. An AWS Account. Virginia) Region.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Health care costs rose faster in 2021 than they have in at least ten years. One way to save on those outlays is a flexible spending account (FSA). And since federal income and Social Security taxes are based on that income, you’ll pay less in taxes. Let’s get to the details of the three types of accounts. Massage therapy.

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The CIO Council

OCTOBER 19, 2022

According to a 2021 FBI Internet Crimes Report , phishing was the number one crime reported over the past five years., This information could be their social security number, bank account information, or their user ID and password. or “There was a problem delivering your package. Click here.”.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In fact, a staggering 87 percent of public schools reported that the pandemic had negatively impacted their students’ social-emotional development during the 2021–2022 school year. The Happy Sad team was focused on making their app secure and compliant,” said Leo Zhadanovsky, chief technologist for education at AWS.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

He helps to provide security support for some of the largest enterprise customers and governments. His role as Enterprise Sales Representative for the UK and Ireland means he is responsible for selling into large accounts. This is May 2021. They then used the breached account and that password, and they were in.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 21, 2022

Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab from Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a no-cost service built on Jupyter notebooks that takes care of the configuration and security of setting up multi-user Jupyter notebook environments – so educators can focus on teaching and learners can accelerate their journey in ML. It just worked.

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Partnership for Public Service

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

26, in anticipation of President Biden’s executive order on the use of artificial intelligence in government, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte held a virtual working session that examined how agencies can use enterprise risk management, or ERM, to safely and securely harness AI to work more effectively.

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GovLoop

MAY 5, 2023

The Scope of the Problem In 2021, 2,792 incidents compromised government data, and 537 of them resulted in confirmed disclosure of data. MIT’s Sloan School of Management describes a cybersecurity culture as one that “tasks every member of an organization with embracing attitudes and beliefs that drive secure behaviors.”

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 24, 2022

A report from IDC has found that data creation at the edge is set to expand by 33% by 2025, accounting for 22% of all digital data being created, captured, and replicated. Keeping data secure. Government data is maintained through protective security policies and risk management centrally and locally.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This helps teams have a common framework, align on security and compliance requirements, and coordinate with the right personnel. Document security and compliance requirements – For public sector customers, minimizing security and compliance risks are integral factors to consider in the strategy to manage cloud projects.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided the USDA with $390 million available in non-competitive grants to offer WIC agencies looking to innovate their technology. For example, a WIC program manager may be able to securely log into the WIC Management Information System (MIS) before seeing a WIC program beneficiary.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 27, 2023

The skills gap is even more alarming given the more than 41% increase in the number of cybercrime victims between 2021 and 2022. For instance, the ability to follow national and international privacy and security standards earns trust with customers and partners who expect their data to be protected at every moment.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 28, 2023

As a result, RPA use cases spread across multiple sectors, including banking, healthcare, and telecom, and business functions, such as RPA in HR and accounting. The BFSI sector alone accounted for more than 29% of the global RPA market This significant macro group includes the banking, financial services, and insurance industries.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In 2021, Nonprofit Trends Report, Fourth Edition reports that 36% of nonprofits invested in new technology such as customer relationship management systems (CRMs), collaboration and productivity tools, machine learning (ML), and automation. All you need to get started are your AWS and Salesforce admin account credentials.

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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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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 3, 2023

In fact, WhatsApp was fined €225 million for GDPR violations in September 2021, with a further €5.5 Compliance and accountability A record of the actions taken and instructions given in a crisis is essential for compliance and legal defence, especially in the event of a death or serious injury resulting from a crisis event.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

This is why, in March 2021, we launched the AWS Think Big for Small Business partner program. Since March 2021, more than 500 partners from 41 countries have participated in the TBSB program, and have launched more than 1,200 opportunities with public sector customers.

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Grants4Good

JUNE 17, 2023

I began working on Grantable and participated in two startup accelerator programs in 2021, which is how I met my co-founder, Robert, who is an outstanding software engineer. Is the content they upload to Grantable seen by people outside of their private account? Is the content that Grantable generates kept private on the account?

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

national security risks , causes taxpayer waste , and stifles competition in the marketplace. Survey respondents also cited concerns that the technology tools they use at work are not secure. They expressed strong support for holding technology firms accountable for repeated breaches in the federal government. 2023 survey data.

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The CIO Council

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once again, the Federal Cybersecurity Information Security Officer (CISO) Council is proud to reinforce its commitment to safe and secure online behavior. Secure personal information online by setting social media accounts to private. October 1 st marks the beginning of the 18 th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

The department used AMS to modernize legacy technology onto a hosted platform that meets rigorous security guidelines and adds reliability to an environment where speed and availability are critical. Security was paramount to making sure that the cloud environment and integrated application platform met stringent U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Many schools and education service agencies are looking for ways to securely share, store, analyze, and visualize data for a variety of use cases. Amazon Redshift announced several new features to simplify data ingestion and make your data warehouse more secure and reliable. Centralize security data with Amazon Security Lake.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In 2021, 2,792 incidents compromised government data, and 537 of them resulted in confirmed disclosure of data. MIT’s Sloan School of Management describes a cybersecurity culture as one that “tasks every member of an organization with embracing attitudes and beliefs that drive secure behaviors.” The Scope of the Problem.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

These programs include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and others. get('Account') id = str(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%s")) get("Account") data_bucket = " " s3 = boto3.client("s3") get("Account") data_bucket = " " s3 = boto3.client("s3") client('sts').get_caller_identity().get('Account')

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Super Library Marketing

AUGUST 5, 2024

Megan partnered with a local creative agency on the website rebuild in 2021, thanks to the generous support of her library Foundation. Static across the entire site is the search functionality for our catalog, log-in to one’s account, library hours, and our phone number. I treat our website like a database in that sense.”

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