AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Personalized, automated notifications keep all stakeholders informed in real-time. Data entry errors Transcribing information from physical documents into digital systems introduces the risk of human error, and these mistakes can have serious consequences.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers. High-level technical solution AWS recommends using AWS Control Tower as a foundational landing zone for managing multi-account environments with prescriptive controls.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Compliance is essential, but ensuring compliance in the cloud with various regulations and standards can be challenging, especially for public sector organizations. The post also shows how these previous automation measures can be applied across accounts with AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Patient data is sensitive and in many jurisdictions processing, access, and storage of patient data is regulated by government entities. 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

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. The LZA uses AWS services that are in scope of FedRAMP compliance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A landing zone is a well-architected, multi-account AWS environment that is scalable and secure. The Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS solution AWS built the LZA solution to significantly reduce the time it takes for customers to set-up a landing zone designed to align with compliance goals in highly regulated industries.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 30, 2024

By utilizing the LZA and CID together, you can streamline the deployment process, ensure compliance with best practices, and gain valuable insights into your cloud environment, ultimately leading to improved operational efficiency, enhanced security, and better-informed decision-making. An architectural diagram of the LZA. of the TypeDocs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Log aggregation strategies You can send logs to CLAW from each individual AWS account or a central log aggregation point. If you are currently using a solution like AWS Control Tower , your log data for services like AWS CloudTrail or Amazon GuardDuty are already being sent to the log archive account, as shown in Figure 1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2024

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. Max Grundig Klinik aimed to renew their entire IT landscape. Architecture Figure 1.

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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. For this blog post, we provide an example of an LZA landing zone, which implements strong segregation of your development, test, and production accounts by default.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

In one case, a messaging app with more than 40 million customers notified users that their accounts were potentially revealed to hackers who breached one of their gateway providers. 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

MARCH 11, 2025

AWS Control Tower streamlines multi-account setups to onboard multiple researchers to a cloud platform quicklyin compliance with necessary regulations for every account in the environment. However, researchers must still follow best practices to maintain data security, such as avoiding identifiable names for storage buckets.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 22, 2024

Access to AWS GovCloud (US) is restricted to US entities and root account holders who have successfully passed a thorough screening process. The AWS TSE-SE provides a reference architecture that is a comprehensive, multi-account AWS cloud architecture targeting sensitive level workloads.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2024

Majerus will be joined by Amanda Crawford, the executive director of Texas Department of Information Resources (TXDIR) and the chief information officer (CIO) for the State of Texas; and Heather Lyke, the director of athletics at the University of Pittsburgh.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Healthcare institutions have the opportunity to accelerate their move to the cloud, but first they need more clarity in how to manage healthcare data governance securely and in compliance with all regulations. Develop clear rules on data sharing and secondary use of data with the aim of encouraging information exchange.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

For more information and resources on using Step Functions, refer to Serverlessland.com. Educational institutions are creating online learning platforms that offer scalable and interactive experiences for students. Using AWS Step Functions , you can create both workflow and data orchestration applications quickly and efficiently.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

An Aadhaar number can be used to support various government subsidies and acts as a vital proof of identity and proof of address for opening a fixed deposit account, applying for a passport, investing in mutual funds, and more. Two separate AWS accounts with administrator access for each. Create consumer VPC in separate AWS account.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

CSDs help evaluate treatment options, screen patients who may be at risk for drug abuse problems, and make informed decisions about prescribing medication. Organizations should also conduct their own risk assessments and audits to ensure full compliance with regulations. This fosters faster and more informed decision-making.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

AWS provides healthcare organizations with regulatory and compliance support, thanks to its strong track record of compliance with relevant healthcare regulations, including certifications like the Cloud Computing Compliance Controls Catalog (C5) in Germany, the Hebergement de Données de Santé (HDS) in France, and HIPAA in the US.

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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. They develop online portals, mobile apps, and digital platforms to access government services and information.

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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. We hope more organizations can benefit from AI safely by outlining a methodology informed by our experiences powering projects across government, education, and more.

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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. Reach out to AWS for help and more information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

Engineering teams working in regulated industries want to move compliant workloads to AWS to take advantage of its innovation capabilities, but security and risk teams may be uncertain about how AWS can help them meet their compliance requirements through the audit process. to AWS workloads AWS selected for U.S.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The version tag is used to inform CloudFormation whether a resource update is required. The S3 buckets will be named c wsyn-code-{AWS ACCOUNT NUMBER}-us-east-1 and cwsyn-results-{AWS ACCOUNT NUMBER}-us-east-1 respectively. Emptying the Amazon S3 buckets.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Cyberattacks and cybersecurity regulations In recent years, healthcare organizations have experienced an increase in cyberattacks such as ransomware, unintended data access, and distributed denial of service (DDoS). This comprehensive regulation places obligations on how personal information is collected, processed, and safeguarded.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Their rigorous assessments of cloud service providers are relied on by Canadian public sector organizations across the country to make informed cloud procurement decisions. With this solution, customers with highly regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

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. For more information about the AWS Nonprofits organization, visit the AWS for Nonprofits main page.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MARCH 5, 2024

In the first blog of this series, we looked at the System and Information Integrity family of requirements (3.14) in the draft of NIST 800-171r3, which covers flaw remediation, malicious code protection, security alerts via advisories and directives, and system monitoring. Account Management It is obviously a great starting point to “a.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Department of Defense (DoD) organizations often have requirements to establish a secure, scalable, multi-account environment that implements the security baseline compliant with US federal government standards. AWS GovCloud (US) helps meet compliance mandates, safeguard sensitive data, and protect accounts and workloads.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Here are some of the key areas where continuous professional development makes all the difference: Keeping up with changes in legislation: Fraud legislation and regulations evolve to meet new threats. Sign up for alerts to stay informed. Adapting to the future Fraud is a moving target and constantly evolving.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

This blog post is provided for information purposes only and is not part of, and does not modify, any agreement between AWS or any customer. Amazon Web Services (AWS) can help credit unions prepare for audits, assess security posture, and produce documentation for state or federal regulators.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

The new emergency amendment requires that impacted TSA-regulated entities develop an approved implementation plan that describes measures they are taking to improve their cybersecurity resilience and prevent disruption and degradation to their infrastructure. It automates security tools that have built-in governance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2023

BioMark launched this initiative to address the challenge of contacting patients individually to inform them of normal test results. Now, patients can access their health information more readily. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ), while supporting patient data privacy.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Transparency and accountability are crucial to maintaining public trust and require clear policies on surveillance use and data access.” Compliance with evolving local, state and federal regulations governing surveillance technology use remains a constant concern,” he says.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Imagine working on sensitive documents in a public space, only to have prying eyes catch a glimpse of confidential information. This is where 3M Bright Screen Privacy Filters for Laptops come into play, offering a simple yet effective solution to enhance on-screen privacy and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Many Amazon Web Service (AWS) customers in regulated environments such as the U.S. Amazon Machine Image (AMI) – This is an image preconfigured with the selected operating system that provides information required to launch an instance. First, let’s review some foundational Auto Scaling terminology.

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zencity

JULY 12, 2023

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. To do this, either download Threads from your app store OR go to your Instagram account and find Threads in the ‘three lines’ menu on your profile to get started. Screenshots from city Threads accounts 4.

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