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Data security and governance best practices for education and state and local government

AWS Public Sector Blog

Many organizations within state and local government (SLG) and education must build digital environments and services that meet a variety of dynamic security and compliance considerations, such as StateRAMP and Federal Information Security Management Act ( FISMA ). Customers can logically group accounts together in OU.

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Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

AWS Public Sector Blog

However, government agencies, educational institutions, and nonprofits face unique challenges in adopting and deploying generative AI. Protecting the privacy and security of this information when using generative AI can be a significant challenge. The major components are an AWS account, AWS IAM Identity Center, and Amazon Bedrock.

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How to shore up data protection beyond cyber security policies and standards

Open Access Government - Technology News

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. One area where improvements can often be made is in education and training.

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How to balance Accessibility and Security in an AI world

Microsoft Public Sector

However, there is one lingering question that has always and continues to be in the background: “How to balance accessibility, productivity and security in an AI world.” Before jumping in with Accessibility and Security discussion, I wanted to quickly review AI and Copilot to share why so many users are excited. What is AI and Copilot?

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Closing the cyber security skills gap: Are we looking for unicorns?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Half of UK organisations have a cyber security skills gap With the need very clear, a UK Government study published in July 2024 reported that over 50% of UK organisations had a cyber security skills gap. They are actively seeking cyber security roles yet are struggling to gain employment.

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Protecting Your Identity in a Sea of Cyber Security Scams

American City & Country

You probably don’t wake up thinking about cyber security, or whether you may fall for a phishing attack. Read on to explore the world of cyber security and phishing, while learning simple and effective ways to protect your identity online. Education: Awareness is the first line of defense. What is a Phishing Attack?

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Unlocking data governance for multiple accounts with Amazon DataZone

AWS Public Sector Blog

Businesses face tough challenges in achieving data governance, like compliance, security, scalability and management overhead. With Amazon DataZone, you can automate the data discovery and catalog all existing and new data into a centralized account. AWS Glue Data Catalog with metadata in the producer account.