Government Technology Insider

MARCH 10, 2023

Uniquely created legacy systems, specific risk factors, and highly sensitive data all require the utmost security from agencies’ IT teams, but equally, those teams must embrace the future of federal IT security solutions. It is at this nexus that many agencies find themselves at the moment. However, that is precisely the case.

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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. In these applications, documents—in various sources, formats, and layouts—are the primary tools for application assessment. Tens of millions of residents apply for these benefits every year.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has collaborated with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to tailor advice on how UK public sector customers can use the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA) to help meet the NCSC’s guidance on “ using cloud services securely.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On October 24, 2024, the White House released a National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) , which focuses on ensuring US leadership in developing advanced AI technologies. AWS’s commitment to security and compliance directly aligns with the NSM’s trustworthiness goals.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 17, 2023

Azure AD also provides a range of security features that can help you protect your identity data and meet the CMMC requirements related to identity and access management. Azure AD is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service that helps your employees sign in and access resources in your organization.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The pandemic also accelerated government agencies’ adoption of new technologies to support team collaboration and more flexible work environments, including chat, video conferencing, and document sharing. The problem is that consumer apps are designed for massive scale and extensibility, not necessarily for security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Access to key documentation is both a struggle and a necessity for vulnerable and at-risk communities. For the unhoused, being ‘document ready’ is essential to avoid delays or denial of access to benefits and services they need. Without proper documentation, unhoused individuals face overwhelming barriers to stability and opportunity.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Healthcare practitioners rely on specialized knowledge such as publications in medical research, caregiving techniques, treatment plans, and policy documents. In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulates the processing, maintenance, and storage of protected health information.

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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. The impact level is based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-60r1 , which outlines how to map information and information systems to various security categories.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Security and Compliance: Our Top Priority Security and compliance are at the core of our commitment to public sector customers. Copilot for Microsoft 365 GCC is built on the secure foundation of Microsoft 365 GCC, adhering to all existing privacy, security, and compliance commitments. an individual has access to.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. These systems also became integral to managing aspects such as business processes, security protocols, and legislative changes, often without comprehensive documentation. billion) of its current IT spending.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

overlays to help agencies securely apply TIC 3.0 In this post, we show you how you can push or pull your security telemetry data to the National Cybersecurity Protection System (NCPS) Cloud Log Aggregation Warehouse (CLAW) using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) or third-party solutions. requirements to AWS deployments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This self-contained solution uses two 20-foot shipping containers to create an ICD-705 compliant shielded enclosure, equipped as a data center with built-in power distribution, redundant cooling (N+1), security, monitoring, fire suppression, and other essential infrastructure components.

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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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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 8, 2024

Leicester City Council has fallen victim to a recent cyberattack, leaving its phone and computer systems disabled since March 7th The attack, claimed by a group known as INC Ransom, has socked the council and its residents, with about 25 documents already posted online by the attackers.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Dave Williams, Materials Manager at 3M UK PLC, introduces 3M bright screen privacy filters for laptops that enhance on-screen privacy and compliance in the public sector In today’s digital age, the public sector is increasingly reliant on technology to deliver services efficiently and securely.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

From recorded testimonies to jail cell conversations, audiovisual files can play an important role in accurately documenting evidence that can make or break a case. The user identifies specific words of interest to be highlighted in the document and initiates the transcription process.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Some US federal agencies and those who collaborate with them must support an automated, secure, and scalable multi-account cloud environment that meets Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) standards. Customers that need to align with CMMC 2.0

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well-Architected Framework is designed to help build resilient, secure, and efficient solutions. It is structured around six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Security and Compliance: Our Top Priority Security and compliance are at the core of our commitment to public sector customers. Microsoft 365 Copilot GCC is built on the secure foundation of Microsoft 365 Government GCC, adhering to all existing privacy, security, and compliance commitments. an individual has access to.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Agencies can no longer rely on traditional network access methods, such as virtual private networks (VPN) and conventional wide-area network (WAN) technologies, to provide employees and users with a reliable and secure remote access experience. model for securing internet points of presence and external connections for the government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

Government of Canada (GC) organizations handle sensitive data, such as citizens’ personal information and confidential documents, and take on the responsibility of appropriately securing and protecting this data from unauthorized access or disclosure. These datasets consumed 25 terabytes (TB) on their on-premise storage array.

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APRIL 27, 2023

To find the pertinent information, staff must carefully sift through the vast amount of documentation and data, further complicating the task. It empowers citizens to access public records and ensures accountability from their government. This efficient tracking and documentation method ensures that every request is accounted for.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 11, 2022

Protecting Public Data and Trust with Azure Security and Microsoft Entra – A State DOJ Case. This data comes in many forms (databases, video footage, internal reports/memos, court documents, etc.) and resides on a broad array of digital locations. Perfection Isn’t the Goal - Awareness Is.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

This targeted approach offers clearer accountability, enhanced transparency, simplified risk assessment, and focused testing procedures. AWS provides many security tools to maintain data privacy and is accredited to operate at the IRAP PROTECTED classification level.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 24, 2024

The 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO 14110) aims to promote the responsible use of AI while mitigating potential risks and ensuring the protection of civil rights and liberties.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Alternatively, you can access the APIs directly inside of your account, if you are building your application directly on top of AWS HealthLake. Data normalization, information extraction, and storage Store FHIR data in AWS HealthLake and non-FHIR data like large documents or public data sets in Amazon S3.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) initiative, overseen by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), establishes standards and guidelines for federal agencies to enhance securing their internet connections. If you want to get started with VPC IPAM, review the following documentation. Deploy the solution 1.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

This means that agencies requiring FedRAMP High Authorization can now access these leading AI capabilities within their Azure Government tenant, enabling secure and responsible access to the latest AI technologies while maintaining strict security and compliance requirements.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

September 2024 Update Microsoft 365 Commercial + Azure Commercial FedRAMP in Azure The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

1) Place current incident management runbook as documents in AWS Systems Manager. To access the runbook when you need it, place the runbook as documents in the response plan of the AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager. Figure 2: Your runbook as Automation Documents. Automation of incident responses starts with a single step.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For example, tax revenue accounting and return processing modules would run on the same tightly coupled infrastructure despite minimal overlap in business and process functionality. Please note that the security and network configuration is based on the shared responsibility model between the customer and AWS.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 26, 2024

Also, national rulemaking about AI safety and security is increasing pressure on agencies to refresh their IT infrastructure. Prior to COVID-19, said Matthew Rose, Industry Principal, Global Public Sector, of Snowflake, the Government Accountability Office reported that some federal systems were as much as 60 years old.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Maria spends hours reading through information on websites and reviewing publicly available documents to understand the benefits she may be eligible for and the application process. Additionally, she must provide various proof documents, such as pay stubs, bills, and identification, which may not be readily available or easily accessible.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 24, 2022

At the same time, agencies can enable their users to connect securely from any approved device at any time to access Google Workspace without the need for legacy desktop clients. With these additional controls, users can still collaborate on shared documents in a manner similar to what they are accustomed to.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

When installed inside a mobile app at the point of action, such as login, purchase, or account creation, reCAPTCHA Enterprise can block fake users and bots while allowing legitimate users to proceed. reCAPTCHA Enterprise is Google’s online fraud detection service that leverages more than a decade of experience defending the internet.

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