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Securely onboarding countries to the AWS Cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

In an increasingly digital world, governments and public sector entities are seeking secure and efficient ways to use cloud technologies. In this post, I share how we at AWS are collaborating with national cyber regulators and other public sector entities to enable secure adoption of the AWS Cloud across countries public sectors.

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NASCIO 2022: Massachusetts Finds Success in Employee Identity Management

State Tech Magazine

Sean Hughes, Massachusetts assistant secretary for technology, security and operations, estimated the commonwealth is about halfway through migrating its employees into a single-sign-on portal where they can access all required government…

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NASCIO 2022: More States Take the CIO as a Broker Approach to Technology Implementation

State Tech Magazine

The CIO as a broker role has evolved in recent years as the pandemic drove increased technology adoption to meet remote work and security needs. For more insights from our coverage of NASCIO 2022, click here. Arizona CIO J.R.

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Q&A: Federal Agencies Turn to Multiple Security Tools for Defense in Depth

FedTech Magazine

In fact, in fiscal 2023, agencies reported more than 32,000 cyber incidents to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a jump of almost 10 percent over the number disclosed in 2022. Eight agencies reported “major incidents” in 2023, including two each…

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Battling the food security crisis with Agents for Amazon Bedrock

AWS Public Sector Blog

The 2024 version of the United Nations (UN) annual report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World found that about 29.6 billion people, were moderately or severely food insecure in 2022, meaning they did not have adequate access to food. percent of the global population, or about 2.4

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Q+A: New York Chief Cyber Officer Colin Ahern Tackles Whole-of-State Security

State Tech Magazine

In June 2022, New York Gov. Previously, the governor established the state’s first Joint Security Operations Center and based it in Brooklyn. Kathy Hochul appointed Colin Ahern as the first chief cyber officer for the state.

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State and Local Agencies Increase Email Security with Anti-Phishing Applications

State Tech Magazine

In 2022, Seguin saw 1,501 direct phishing attempts — a 240 percent increase from the previous year — with many aimed at employees’ payroll data. Seguin uses software from KnowBe4 to launch the simulated…

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