AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

Civix , a government technology (GovTech) company, uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide software and services that support multiple public sector use cases, including election management, grants management, and more. These APIs are secured using Amazon Cognito to meet authentication, authorization, and user management needs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

In June 2021, the AWS Aerospace and Satellite team selected OSK as part of the four-week AWS Space Accelerator program to provide guidance on how best to make huge amounts of data about pipelines usable and actionable with cloud computing and analytics technologies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

This led to the establishment and launch in 2021 of the secure, cloud-based UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform (RAP) , which is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Europe (London) Region and enabled by DNAnexus. Find more AWS Institute thought leadership for public service leaders.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Future of Government Awards recognize the people and projects leading public sector digital transformation around the world. EU Digital COVID Certificate, with more than 245 million certificates obtained through IO since June 2021. How human-centered design can help public agencies design better digital services.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 10, 2025

Government agencies rely on IT providers to provide secure, compliant, and efficient technology to help complete their vital missions. These priorities - lower cost with better security and productivity - may seem at odds, but with the right cloud provider, they dont have to be. Cutting costs Consistent with the U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

This includes local vendors in construction, engineering, energy consulting, plumbing, maintenance, and security. Subscribe to the AWS Public Sector Blog newsletter to get the latest in AWS tools, solutions, and innovations from the public sector delivered to your inbox, or contact us.

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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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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. Reach out to the AWS Public Sector Team.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced the creation of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract—a multi-vendor acquisition vehicle designed to make cloud services and capabilities available at all classification levels and across all security domains, from the enterprise to the tactical edge.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Wickr’s Global Federation capability empowers individual users, the DOD enterprise, and the federal government to securely communicate while mobile and disconnected from secure networks. For federal agencies and DOD entities, a data breach can be disastrous for national security. Exceeding operational security mandates.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) employs project management principles to deliver public sector cloud outcomes. This blog post highlights project management tools, references, and AWS Management Console tips that give public sector customers better project visibility, automate task management, and help accelerate project outcomes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

In 2021, the Government of Canada committed to investing millions into its satellite programs, which placed an extraordinary demand on the Earth Observation Data Management System (EODMS). How the cloud is helping us better understand and manage the oceans.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Organizations in the public sector space are continuing to move and run workloads in the cloud while maintaining current connectivity back to their on-premises data centers. We’ll also cover adding an additional account boundary for security purposes, and how customers can move their Direct Connect connection to that new account.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 16, 2023

Our acquisition of a majority stake in OCGL in 2021 was a strategic move to enrich AsiaSat’s service portfolio. Built on AWS Global Infrastructure , OCGL’s managed services can securely and reliably transport, prepare, process and deliver live and on-demand content in the cloud.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 23, 2023

The global pool of security professionals needs to grow 65% to defend organisations’ critical assets – so how can we plug the cybersecurity skills gap? increase in the 2021 employment pool. The public sector is no exception to this. Here, we’ll outline three key tools to consider.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Public sector organizations worldwide face a common challenge: processing an ever-growing volume of document-heavy applications across various services. While we focus on naturalization as our primary example, the solution discussed can be applied to any public sector use case involving large-scale document processing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

On Wednesday, August 31, Max Peterson, vice president of worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services (AWS), delivered the keynote address at the AWS Summit Canberra. But the 2021 Census faced a specific challenge: how to collect Census data when over half of the population was in COVID-19-related lockdown?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Through the combined efforts of the North Carolina and AWS teams, the full EPS launched on the deadline of July 1, 2021. OMNIA Partners Public Sector – OMNIA offers public sector agencies various cooperative purchasing contract options for using AWS directly for cloud-based services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

During the COVID-19 pandemic, public sector organizations across Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) had to act quickly to find digital solutions to everyday challenges to keep citizens safe while managing an evolving pandemic response. Staying secure with the cloud. Continue the momentum by scaling digitization.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Small businesses around the world deliver tremendous positive impact for public sector customers. This is why, in March 2021, we launched the AWS Think Big for Small Business partner program. Learn how four TBSB partners supported public sector customers through their digital transformation in the TBSB program.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This lets agencies share only the appropriate data with the appropriate participating agencies in a secure and compliant manner. Bolster resource availability—particularly in times of crisis Louisiana has seen its share of natural disasters—in 2021 alone, seven hurricanes made landfall.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Best practices for public sector organisations to avoid and quickly recover from cyber and ransomware attacks. In its 2022 annual review, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) advised that over the past 12 months, businesses and organisations in the UK reported hundreds of cyber incidents, many of which were ransomware attacks.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JANUARY 23, 2023

Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 20, 2023

We leverage the same security and monitoring suite available to all our customers in this environment. Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JULY 20, 2023

Microsoft 365 Government Adoption Resources Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365 What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2023 We have a great line-up of new features to announce. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

According to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, the public sector reported nearly 3,000 cyber incidents in 2021, with more than 75 percent of them committed by external threat actors. The continuing increase in cyberattacks is fueling the push for federal agencies to create zero-trust environments.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365. August 2022 Exchange Server Security Updates and support for Windows Extended Protection feature. Security/Identity. Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments.

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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. Corporate stakeholders and workers alike should be accountable for information security.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Microsoft’s newest security brand category, Microsoft Priva, was first announced at Ignite in 2021—today, we are excited to announce the general availability of Microsoft Priva for the Government Community Cloud (GCC), GCC High, and Department of Defense (DoD) customers. Security/Identity. Release News. Exchange Online.

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Microsoft Public Sector

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights Microsoft 365 Government price updates - into effect March 1st 2023 On August 2021 we announced an update to our pricing for Microsoft 365 (which applies to all commercial customers: Enterprise, US Government, and Business). Join us as we discover and share the learnings and achievements of public sector communities.

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Microsoft Public Sector

DECEMBER 20, 2022

With the protocols most at risk on their way to being secured, we are now turning our attention to one important Exchange protocol that remains untouched by this effort – Autodiscover. Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365. The ability to exclude bulk emails will be soon in Public Preview.

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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

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

By analysing data from over 900 public sector bodies, the ranking is calculated based on the percentage growth in direct public spending with these tech firms. How companies get nominated Companies must have received at least £100,000 in direct public sector spending during the specified financial year to be considered.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 22, 2023

Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers.

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CarahCast

JUNE 2, 2021

In this special condensed podcast, Bruce Coffing, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the City of Chicago, and Chris Covino, Policy Director for Cybersecurity for the City of Los Angeles, will summarize the insightful thoughts from the Local Government Track at RSA Public Sector Day 2021.

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