AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Government customers with secure access to foundation models (FMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within AWSs classified environment. Amazon Bedrock enables customers to leverage generative AI capabilities while maintaining the highest levels of security and data protection required for their Top Secret workloads.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can use the LZA to better manage and govern their multi-account environment. Important account considerations for connected VPC First, decide the account you will use for the virtual private cloud (VPC) that is connected to the VMware SDDC during SDDC deployment.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

The Forensics Orchestrator deploys a mechanism using AWS services to orchestrate and automate key digital forensics processes and activities for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances in the event a potential security issue is detected. High-level architecture of Automated Forensics Orchestrator for Amazon EC2.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Learn about the startups and the problems they aim to solve: 10-8 Systems Mission Viejo, CA 10-8 Systems offers advanced, cloud-native computer aided dispatch (CAD) and records management software (RMS) for law enforcement, emergency services, fire, and private security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulates the processing, maintenance, and storage of protected health information. In this post, we present an architecture that uses the Wickr messaging solution for protected communication with a generative AI backend system.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Social Security cards, birth certificates, and proof of disability are crucial for accessing services and applying for housing. About to be handcuffed, the individual remembered their Kiip account. Without proper documentation, unhoused individuals face overwhelming barriers to stability and opportunity.

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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

JUNE 22, 2024

Cloud computing is pivotal to allow the federal government to gain operational efficiencies and drive innovation securely and cost efficiently. Access to AWS GovCloud (US) is restricted to US entities and root account holders who have successfully passed a thorough screening process.

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Super Library Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform has put accounts at risk. I’ll explain the threat and the four steps your library can take right now to reduce the chances your library’s account will be cloned or hacked. Show, Episode 167: This episode is a must-see for any library that posts on Twitter.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) enables seamless integration of these firewall appliances into the AWS architecture, ensuring consistent security policies and minimizing disruptions. East-west traffic describes communication within the cloud environment, such as between different applications or services in various subnets or VPCs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2024

Ensuring the availability and security of critical applications is paramount. Fachklinikum Mainschleife manages around 30 critical applications, including electronic health records (EHRs), health information systems (HIS), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), and practice management systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Collaborate with right teams – Use chat channels to streamline communication during incidents. Turn on Amazon GuardDuty , AWS Security Hub , create a rule in Amazon EventBridge , monitor the rule triggers via Amazon CloudWatch , create a topic in Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS ) and link AWS Chatbot to that SNS topic.

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GovLoop

JUNE 30, 2023

There are a lot of points of entry now,” said Raghurama Pantula, Director of Information Security for Karsun Solutions, a modernization company that applies innovative approaches to help achieve agency missions. “So, So, there’s a high residual risk.” The data plane is a collection of such proxies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Many public sector customers are interested in building secure, cost-effective, reliable, and highly performant applications. Building modern applications in AWS helps customers with increased innovation, speed, reliability, scalability, and security while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

These services communicate via a well-defined interface using lightweight APIs. The static content of the SPA is hosted in an Amazon Simple Storage Service ( Amazon S3 ) bucket in an AWS account in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region. To achieve low latency, use Amazon CloudFront in an AWS account in any commercial region.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Lire cet article en français The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre) , a part of the Communications Security Establishment Canada , was established in 2018 under Canada’s National Cyber Security Strategy. Screenshot of the Assemblyline user interface after a successful installation on AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Radiology centers face many challenges, like shortages in personnel and budget; interoperability issues between different IT systems and long-term storage of images; and strict laws and regulations regarding IT security and data protection. For over two decades, this medical data has been stored in on-premise data centers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

The agent enables secure, reliable, high rate and low jitter data delivery. The new agent version requires that the Elastic IP is associated with a network interface associated with a public subnet (see the Security aspects of agent operations section of this post). Security aspects of agent operations Security is job zero at AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In this blog post, learn how government agencies can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build data interchange zones to automate their ability to ingest and validate data from other agencies or external entities in a secure manner. Obtaining secure data from external entities poses many challenges for government agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

In a joint research initiative with INFINITT, SMC piloted a cloud-native picture archiving and communication system (PACS) in its pathology department in 2019. Any urgent findings are communicated over the phone with the primary team doctors. The cloud-based DPS immediately improved communication in multidisciplinary oncology teams.

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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

MARCH 9, 2023

However, it’s vital to store this data securely and share it responsibly. These solutions can also help organizations share data while complying with regulations and security best practices. These tasks include processing daily banking transactions, managing accounts, and updating financial records.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

However, we recognize public sector work holds unique obligations around accountability, accuracy, and equitable outcomes that must guide any technology changes. Once that is defined, we dive deep into considerations like model selection, secure and responsible use, and staffing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Carbyne APEX transitioned the call center from analog to a digital interface that is smartphone-friendly and allows operators to communicate with callers via live video. AWS services supporting the APEX solution include: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) – Secure and resizable compute capacity.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To modernize their healthcare infrastructure and improve data security, Bavarian hospital Fachklinikum Mainschleife , in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Kite Consult and consulting firm Oberender AG , undertook a massive initiative: the migration of their entire IT infrastructure to AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 17, 2023

The common reasons customers may need to invoke Amazon Web Services (AWS) services in a standard account from an AWS GovCloud (US) account (or vice versa) include: cross-domain applications, feature parity, and if the AWS service doesn’t exist in AWS GovCloud (US). IPsec encryption protects sensitive data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“The migration was frictionless and speedy, with excellent guidance from the AWS account team—working directly alongside our AZDHS leadership,” said Paula Mattingly, chief information officer (CIO) for AZDHS. “As Optionally, you can enable Amazon GuardDuty (GuardDuty) in an AWS account where WIC applications are deployed.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 9, 2024

It specifically caters to US government agencies and other entities with sensitive workloads to enforce data sovereignty and adherence to various security standards. Prerequisites To follow along, you should have the following prerequisites: An AWS account with access to the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Access to the Amazon EC2 G4dn.12xlarge

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Today, government IT teams find themselves navigating a labyrinth of security controls, compliance requirements, and risk management practices. As a result, by embracing a multi-cloud strategy, government agencies must also be prepared to address a series of operational and security challenges. Security, however, doesn’t stop there.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Richard Andreae, CEO of SupPortal UK Ltd discusses cybercrime threats and how to efficiently protect your business with cyber security. As business is conducted increasingly online, it’s essential to put effective cyber security measures in place to protect you and your organisation from the effects of cyber-attacks. Are you prepared?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from St. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California. Anthony oversees delivery of a FedNow® solution that will fully meet market-driven business requirements as well as resiliency and security standards.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

The Canadian government’s Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) program Beyond the Cloud trains people and upskills employees for essential roles such as cloud architects, engineers, and administrators. This helps leaders to make adjustments to keep activity on track.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The framework consists of questions, design principles, and best practices across the six pillars: Operational Excellence , Security , Reliability , Performance Efficiency , Cost Optimization , and Sustainability. Find the Government Lens on the AWS Well-Architected website or contact your AWS account team for more information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Every constituent has a different set of circumstances that dictates how and when they prefer to communicate. With Amazon Lex and Amazon Bedrock , agencies can customize leading foundation models (FMs) with their unique help content to securely deploy sophisticated voice- and text-based chat assistants.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) software used by nonprofits to communicate with donors and drive fundraising programs. With improved data insights, nonprofits can personalize communications with constituents, strengthen donor relationships, enhance operational efficiencies, and more.

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zencity

JULY 12, 2023

Social media has significantly changed the communication landscape, bringing government leaders closer to the people they serve and building trust between them. If you have an existing Instagram account, your username is reserved for you, but if you don’t, get on it sooner rather than later. Screenshots from city Threads accounts 4.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

Solution overview: Create a secure, serverless GraphQL architecture in AWS GovCloud (US) Most real-world workloads in the public sector involve managing data, typically done by various personas, including end users and administrators. An AWS GovCloud (US) Create a GovCloud account if you do not already have one and log in.

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