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

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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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

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 10, 2024

In today’s digital age, security has an expanded definition. While physical security remains a critical focus, businesses and other public sector organizations are bolstering their security posture towards a less visible vulnerability: data and computer systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Summary Highly regulated enterprises and government agencies still maintain critical applications operating on legacy mainframe systems. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a 2023 report identifying critical federal IT legacy systems in need of modernization that were written in older languages, such as COBOL.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

This post outlines how AWS tools and services can support government agencies in adhering to Australia’s AI Ethics Principles when developing AI and machine learning (ML) solutions. The post includes a focus on implementation to help Australian governments responsibly innovate whilst maintaining cloud-based agility.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

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. This makes it much harder for cybercriminals to hack your accounts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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. Access to an AWS account in US-East-1. Under Permissions , uncheck Block Public Access.

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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, But legacy hardware and software, which abound in government agencies, can create a barrier to implementing zero trust.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For the public sector, agencies (or companies) are typically managed centrally by the State, City, or County’s central IT team: Figure 1 The operations or central IT team manages the tenant on behalf of the hosted agencies. Figure 8 Select all Exchange, OneDrive accounts and Teams and click Next.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 9, 2024

Introduction Government agencies are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to extract valuable insights from their data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US) Regions. Access to the Amazon EC2 G4dn.12xlarge 12xlarge instance type, containing 4 Nvidia T4 GPUs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. billion) of its current IT spending. This impacts the priority status of legacy IT remediation efforts.

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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.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

It features changes to the repayment/reimbursement requirements and new criteria for evaluating project proposals with a stronger focus on bolstering security, privacy and protecting against operational risks. Aside from those high priorities, every agency should consider upgrading its technology. Be intentional with your investments.

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Government Technology Insider

JUNE 25, 2024

Enabling cloud-based collaboration with Microsoft 365 has helped government agencies encourage connection and productivity , simplify training and maintenance, and create new channels for citizen interaction. This proactive approach strengthens security posture, maintains compliance, and reduces the risk of data breaches.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

At AWS, security is our top priority. With Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), customers can control network security using network access control lists (NACL) and security groups (SG). At AWS, security is our top priority. Third-party firewalls can help address these needs. Learn more about NGFWs.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

PT to hear from government and industry leaders as we discuss the workforce trends you need to know as we head into 2025. PT to hear from government and industry leaders about what agencies can do to thwart ransomware and other cybersecurity threats. You’ll hear from: Jennifer R. Join us online on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 2 p.m.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There is a crisis in cybersecurity skills , and the public sector, including government agencies, will be feeling the cumulative impact this year. How common are security breaches in government? Headlines relating to government security breaches seem to litter the media frequently.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It provides a broad set of capabilities needed to build generative AI applications with security, privacy, and responsible AI. After successful authentication, the applicant is provided with a pre-signed URL to allow them to upload documents securely to the Applicant Documents Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket.

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Google Public Sector

JANUARY 18, 2024

Deepen support for critical missions : Leverage Google Cloud solutions to drive positive outcomes in crucial government areas like healthcare, education, and national security. Elevate your brand visibility : Establish your organization as a trusted leader in delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for government agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

While the new CMS policy is a positive step toward breaking the recidivism cycle, implementation is not straightforward—especially given compliance issues and the siloed nature of both government agencies and recordkeeping.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Now the department’s Chief Information Security Officer, Baidwan puts it this way: “OK, we got $5. The agency also uses the model to track and report on the outcomes of those investments. DHS highlighted UCMM in its “Integrated Strategy for High-Risk Management,” a biannual update to the Government Accountability Office.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The mass adoption of cloud solutions by government agencies has improved cost management and service delivery but has brought with it some significant security challenges. Implementing Zero Trust has enabled NJJ to secure employees from anywhere, expand service capabilities, and build a more resilient security posture.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Each year, US federal, state, and local government agencies spend a significant part of their budgets on various social and safety net programs. These programs include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and others. get('Account') id = str(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%s"))

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 2024

Introduction Government agencies are increasingly using large language models (LLMs) powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to extract valuable insights from their data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud (US) Regions. Access to an Amazon SageMaker Training g4dn.12xlarge 24xlarge for training and to an ml.t3.medium

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

He helps to provide security support for some of the largest enterprise customers and governments. His role as Enterprise Sales Representative for the UK and Ireland means he is responsible for selling into large accounts. Government agencies. They then used the breached account and that password, and they were in.

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

Cyber experts often emphasize that there’s no silver bullet for improving the security of government systems. As Fortune points out, these shortages are good news for cyber wages — and bad news for government agencies competing for talent. The problem is not that technology always falls short.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Georgia’s Department of Human Services (DHS), the largest of the state’s agencies, was able to digitally transform their business and rapidly scale their Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud adoption with AWS Managed Services (AMS). The Georgia DHS learned that agencies and organizations need precise prior planning to be successful.

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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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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Google Public Sector is committed to helping advance the missions of education and government agencies through cloud technology in a secure and responsible way. We recently launched a Google Public Sector partner demo portal, which makes it easy for our partners to share and present Google Public Sector solutions to customers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Since joining the AWS TBSB program, Hunter Strategy has won contracts with two large federal agencies. Through these contracts, Hunter Strategy is delivering agile application development services and cloud security services. In fact, in the last 12 months, EDS has signed more than 50 contracts with federal agencies in Brazil.”

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A contract—typically in the form of a purchase order—is issued, the equipment is ordered and shipped, and once the IT department confirmed receipt, the invoice is paid by accounts payable. Administrators can create unique sets of vetted software available in AWS Marketplace for different AWS accounts within their organization to purchase.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

Data spaces facilitate a decentralized and secure data exchange across organizations and industries that come together to pool, access, process, and share data. They enable simple, secure, open standards-based, and interoperable data-sharing, while allowing for organizations to maintain full control over their data.

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Government Technology Insider

JANUARY 4, 2023

While all levels of government – federal, state, and local – are affected, local government agencies are often the hardest hit due to a lack of staffing and resources for robust cyber defenses. One notable benefit of whole-of-state security is the reduced duplication of data and effort. Watch the Webinar Here.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 11, 2022

Each of us knows to closely guard our Social Security numbers, credit card accounts, fingerprints, phone numbers, health records and other personal information. Both speakers overviewed three areas — information management, culture and automation — that are most critical to securing our private details. Not comforting, is it?

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