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. Topics include AWS Audit Manager , AWS Config , AWS Systems Manager , and AWS Security Hub. You also need to adhere to your specific regulations’ requirements.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

In addition, there are a multitude of regulations and compliance requirements to meet, adding another layer of complexity to the already intricate web of data privacy controls. Prepare your AWS accounts – Prepare your AWS accounts by creating the necessary accounts and configuring the required settings.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Now more than ever, our customers require organizational agility to move fast with governance that AWS Marketplace provides,” said Matt Yanchyshyn, general manager of AWS Marketplace. Consumption based software utilization will leverage managed entitlements for AWS Marketplace.

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Government Technology Insider

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, with the rise of cloud services , managed solutions, and as-a-Service solutions, distributors must pivot once more to align with new procurement and consumption trends. With procurement regulations becoming more stringent, distributors must prioritize adherence to maintain trust and ensure long-term success.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the following sections, we provide a deeper look into each of these areas through the lens of AnyOrganization a public sector organization in the financial regulation space. Are existing data management practices sufficient to fuel your AI/ML flywheel? Develop the foundational capabilities that enable this journey.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Modular Data Center (MDC) is a service that enables rapid deployment of AWS managed data centers for running location- or latency-sensitive applications in locations with limited infrastructure. Start by completing and submitting the contact form on the AWS MDC page in the AWS Management Console (Figure 2).

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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

JULY 10, 2023

When used in coordination with services such as AWS Control Tower , the LZA provides a comprehensive no-code solution across more than 35 AWS services and features to manage and govern a multi-account environment. The LZA is built to support customers with regulated workloads and compliance requirements.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Managed by NCPS, CLAW collects and analyzes agency cloud security data and allows CISA analysts to provide security situational awareness and support to the agencies. Log aggregation strategies You can send logs to CLAW from each individual AWS account or a central log aggregation point.

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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

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. Organisations should consider enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect these highly privileged accounts.

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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

MAY 30, 2024

With LZA, you can better manage and govern your multi-account environments that have highly regulated workloads such as those in the public sector. The major components are the management account pipeline resources, the log archive account centralized logging resources, and your workload accounts.

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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

MARCH 11, 2025

Institutions need to invest in change management to see results. However, this flexibility requires careful cost management. Tsui recommends using tools like AWS Cost Explorer , which lets users visualize and manage AWS costs and usage over time, and AWS Budgets to estimate, track, and monitor research costs.

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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

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. It converts data centers from fixed infrastructure, which is difficult to build and manage, to a service that is direct, scalable, and responsive to temporary compute and storage needs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Building modern applications with containers Containers are lightweight, versatile, and portable units that are revolutionizing the way modern applications are built, deployed, and managed. Running containerized on-premises or self-managed workloads involves significant overhead to manage operational resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) public sector government transformation specialists researched what technology leaders in government and in the highly regulated private sector believe their main IT challenges are. This made it challenging for these organizations to modernize because of the implied threat to business continuity.

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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 a risk management framework to support healthcare providers.

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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 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.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The solution uses CodeCommit for centralized code storage and management, CodeBuild for the build process, CloudFormation for infrastructure as code (IaC) resource deployment, and CodePipeline for continuous delivery. Create a new CodeCommit repository Sign in to the AWS Management Console and navigate to CodeCommit.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

After pricing out multiple options, the Library District opted to manage their own ILS migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS). With an IT staff of four, the Library District completed a successful migration in six months with help from their AWS account team. Migrating to AWS: From ideation to launch in six months.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 17, 2023

The common reasons customers may need to invoke Amazon Web Services (AWS) services in a standard account from an AWS GovCloud (US) account (or vice versa) include: cross-domain applications, feature parity, and if the AWS service doesn’t exist in AWS GovCloud (US). Key/value secret in Secrets Manager. Why AWS GovCloud (US)?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

This lack of transparency makes it challenging to monitor workflows, identify bottlenecks, and maintain accountability. This increases the risk of data breaches and puts agencies in jeopardy of violating strict compliance regulations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Shared Responsibility Model can help relieve a customer’s operational burden as AWS operates, manages, and controls the components from the host operating system and virtualization layer down to the physical security of the facilities where the service operates. Credit unions face unique security, regulatory, and compliance obligations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

AWS offering AWS provides a suite of services to our customers and partners in order to tackle these challenges: Using the EHDS and services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) , Amazon Athena , and AWS Glue will enable storing, accessing, processing, and managing cross-border datasets.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

What are the benefits of using Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Search for knowledge management? How can you get started with Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Search for knowledge management? For instance, are you dealing with any regulated data like controlled unclassified information (CUI).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

How PDNS services work Organisations in the public sector, and other regulated industries, often have a need to ensure that important workloads or devices are not easily compromised. Preventing workloads from making requests to malicious websites, by stopping the workload from being able to resolve a DNS name, is an important step.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 1, 2025

Governments should focus on gradual, manageable adoption that targets high-impact use cases without disrupting core public services. This means ensuring that data is interoperable, high-quality, and secure and that governance is in place to manage it. Strong and accountable leadership that asked the right questions from the outset.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 1, 2024

AI applications not categorised as high-risk or banned are subject to lighter-touch regulation, allowing for innovation while ensuring compliance with fundamental rights and safety standards. The post EU AI Act: Regulation to shape the future of Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Open Access Government.

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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. This is often attributed to configuration management, total asset inventory, compliance with agency third-party security tools, and agency authorization documentation. Auto Scaling launch templates are configured to launch instances with a selected AMI.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

You can also contact us about your project, and your AWS account team will work with the AWS service team to bring the service to Canada and within the scope of the CCCS assessment report. After deploying the LZA, customers can use a generic evidence package of these controls deployed and managed by the LZA in order to speed up the process.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Leveraging the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) , CSS manages $6.4 The decision to develop and host the CSP in the AWS Cloud put CSS among the first enterprises to adopt the cloud and build and manage one of the first mission-critical cloud-native applications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

While modernizing CSDs is crucial for healthcare systems, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making significant efforts to support the healthcare industry through innovative cloud technologies to improve patient care, manage healthcare data securely, and reduce costs. AWS Direct Connect and AWS VPN connections ensure secure data transfer.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 28, 2025

Similarly, the Irish Government has developed its own National AI Strategy , which was updated by the new government and in response to European Union (EU) AI regulations. At the EU level, the AI Act has provided a clear framework for local regulation transposition, offering safeguards for development without hindering innovation.

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