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Migrating to a multi-account strategy for public sector customers

AWS Public Sector Blog

A multi-account strategy is important for Amazon Web Services (AWS) public sector customers because it is the foundation of cloud governance and compliance. Public sector customers using a shared account model can improve security and operational efficiency by adopting a multi-account strategy.

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Empowering the public sector with secure, governed generative AI experimentation

AWS Public Sector Blog

This secure and fully managed playground allows users to create customized AI assistants (Apps) and enhance LLM interactions by incorporating their organization’s proprietary data and documentation. The major components are an AWS account, AWS IAM Identity Center, and Amazon Bedrock.

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Unlocking data governance for multiple accounts with Amazon DataZone

AWS Public Sector Blog

Ultimately, this post serves as a valuable resource if you’re seeking to optimize your data management processes and derive actionable insights to drive business growth. Businesses face tough challenges in achieving data governance, like compliance, security, scalability and management overhead. The data is queried using Amazon Athena.

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Disaster response and risk management using PNNL’s Aether framework on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

When moving from on-premises to AWS in 2017, PNNL designed the Aether framework to embrace AWS-managed services and serverless technologies wherever possible, largely bypassing a lift-and-shift migration. Access to those APIs is controlled through Amazon Cognito , which manages user identity and access at high granularity.

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University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services

AWS Public Sector Blog

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 launches £5 million cyber education grant to boost security in the UK

AWS Public Sector Blog

We have a shared responsibility model with the customer; AWS manages and controls the components from the host operating system and virtualization layer down to the physical security of the facilities in which the services operate, while educational customers using AWS are responsible for building secure applications.

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TSP's New System For Managing Federal Retirement Savings Triggers Complaints

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Current and retired federal employees have recently reported widespread problems accessing their retirement savings and account information through the federal retirement system known as the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). Congress asked GAO to examine.