AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Discover how Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers organizations across the public sector in the AWS Public Sector Leadership Session, on Tuesday November 29, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM. Hear how the power of the AWS Cloud enables organizations to move with speed and agility while making sure mission-critical workloads stay secure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

On Tuesday, November 29 at re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Max Peterson, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector, spoke about how the transformative power of the cloud is enabling organizations to move with speed and agility while making sure mission-critical workloads stay secure and protected.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Public sector organizations around the world share a common concern: how can they make sure their digital transformation maintains data security? These leaders are often surprised to hear that security can be a digital transformation enabler—even an accelerator—once they demonstrate that modern technology can be safer than legacy IT.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The organizations responsible for those missions need technologies and solutions that solve challenges rapidly and securely. These steps help senior leadership teams reach alignment, and help establish their commitment to move to the cloud. We work in a world where speed and security are paramount. AWS Partners can help.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

When considering the migration of your legacy applications to a secure, multi-tenant cloud solution, consider the wise words of Albert Einstein, “We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” This blog post highlights how Idaho used Amazon Web Services (AWS) to modernize its ERP.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The application offers a secure and private platform for surviving siblings to chronicle memories through storytelling, pictures, and videos. I relied heavily on documented best practices for building a resilient, secure, and scalable application. Many AWS services contribute to SibsForever’s strong security and data privacy posture.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

This led to the establishment and launch in 2021 of the secure, cloud-based UK Biobank Research Analysis Platform (RAP) , which is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Europe (London) Region and enabled by DNAnexus. Find more AWS Institute thought leadership for public service leaders.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This is a guest post by Ari Jóhannesson, chief executive officer of Andes, a cloud infrastructure and security company, in collaboration with the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Andes was selected as an expert team in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, and compliance. This was expected to be a six-month project.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

Their stories demonstrate technical excellence, leadership, collaboration, and mentorship – values that create an inclusive culture where all can thrive. She understands that elevating women into positions of leadership transforms outdated social norms and inspires women and girls to achieve their full potential.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The value of generative AI is inextricably linked to the technology’s reliability and traceability, as described in our earlier blog post, Generative AI: Understand the challenges to realize the opportunities. Preferably on a secure, cloud-hosted platform). But it’s important not to confuse ease of use with effortless deployment.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Data security This guide shows why hyperscale cloud platforms are a better solution for technology security and provides examples of powerful tools to leverage in the cloud. Leaders at the UK National Cyber Security Centre echo that sentiment and explain why they recommend moving to the hyperscale cloud in this section.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

And Amazon Web Services will provide critical training in cloud computing and cyber security that can help Armenia build data sovereignty – and defend that sovereignty against anyone who would seek to undermine it, all again while protecting the personal identifiable information of the citizens of Armenia,” added Power.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2023

We were working against an ideology, one pervasive in our industry, that for data to be secure and accessible, it must be housed in on-premises servers that our IT staff could see and touch. Ultimately, we decided to adopt AWS based on a few factors. Explore more ways AWS can improve member services for nonprofit financial institutions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

Keeping IT infrastructure, software, and security measures up-to-date with a (usually) small IT department can be challenging. Having a cohesive leadership team that is trusting and open-minded enables faster rates of change. To make changes, the process begins with the business decision-makers and IT leadership.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

CamDX adopts the model of Estonia’s X-Road and is a unified yet decentralized data exchange layer between information systems that offers a standardized and secure way to provide and consume services. More resources from the AWS Institute for government innovation: How governments can transform services securely in the cloud.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Global Security and Compliance Acceleration Program (formerly ATO on AWS) supporting eight countries globally. The Global Security and Compliance Acceleration (GSCA) program, formerly known as ATO on AWS, is expanding globally to support localized security and compliance needs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Seeing as financial data is a matter of national security in today’s climate, I’m curious, like many of you, about the opportunities technology provides for federal financial agencies to fulfill their missions – from fighting financial crime to increasing internal efficiencies – so they can focus on the work that matters most.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Organizations can realize significant benefits when migrating their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and student information systems (SIS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS), including reduced costs, fewer security incidents, and improved agility. Since 2019, two separate hurricanes forced their data centers offline.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

This is a guest post by Rikesh Shah, outgoing head of open innovation at Transport for London, on behalf of the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS), a thought leadership and executive education program to accelerate digital transformation for public sector executives.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

For that reason, we recommend organizations create data management strategies that will continuously improve the integrity, access, and security of their data. We’re seeing organizations of all sizes being able to play a part, because AWS gives them the infrastructure, the speed, and the security they need to be successful.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This includes keynotes, leadership discussions, technical sessions, training opportunities, and more. Karen Johnson provides executive leadership for Administrative Services, Financial Management, and Information Technology at Covered California. Louis University. She is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in California.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

This blog post explains how SCAER worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create a fast, cost-effective solution for managing the growing quantities of data—and how this technology empowered researchers to tackle critical social issues head-on. Finding a reliable data supplier was relatively simple.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 21, 2022

Join other mission-driven leaders for a full day of learning at this in-person event that combines thought leadership sessions, fireside chats, and networking opportunities designed to leave you with inspiration, new connections, and tangible ideas to take back to your organization or institution. Register now and join us in Seattle.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

These customers highlight three main advantages of procuring software through AWS Marketplace: speed, security and governance, and economic benefits. The courses span critical professional skills such as project management, development, leadership, and more.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 29, 2023

The list of threats continues to rise, while State and Local Government leaders have more demands and less resources to combat the ever-growing security risks. Reinforce your security defenses with a data loss prevention plan. Data loss prevention (DLP) is a crucial aspect of any organization’s security and compliance strategy.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 26, 2024

In this blog series, Google Public Sector leaders share their expertise on how AI is revolutionizing government services. We'll explore the ways our AI solutions are adaptive, secure, responsible, and intelligent – enabling agencies to serve constituents better than ever before. Security is paramount for public sector organizations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. These systems also became integral to managing aspects such as business processes, security protocols, and legislative changes, often without comprehensive documentation. billion) of its current IT spending.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With visionary leadership sessions, access to technical experts, networking opportunities, and more, the IMAGINE: Nonprofit conference provides an educational and collaborative experience focused on how to lead in a changing world, future-proof your organization, and scale impact. View the full agenda.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

Need for scalable security in the research community As computational research becomes ubiquitous, and as more and more researchers collaborate online across campuses and borders, the need to protect research data has become a priority for institutional leadership — not just IT. And it’s the distraction of focus from other priorities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In this post, we explore how Peraton used AWS to migrate and build out a virtual data center in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions within a six-month time frame with an advanced and secure end-state architecture. Despite the challenges and complexity, leadership sponsored the initiative with a focus on cost savings.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The State of Arizona’s WIC migration journey with AWS AZDHS leadership recognized the need to begin their WIC modernization journey by migrating to AWS. Then, the AZDHS and AWS teams worked with WIC program leadership to plan and validate the team’s design for multiple environments of their WIC technology.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 5, 2022

AWS will feature the work and thought leadership of these champions on the AWS Education Champions community website and through additional channels to inspire the next generation of technology leaders in the education sector. Innovative internet safety solutions keep students connected and secure online.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Get inspired in the AWS Public Sector Leadership Session, “ Building for a better future: Agility, speed, and resilience.” Learn how the transformative power of the cloud enables organizations to move with speed and agility, while making sure workloads stay secure. Look for inspiration from public sector leaders and customers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

PS CE team analysis identifies additional challenges for organizations staying on mainframes and recommends AWS solutions for each in this blog post. Many mainframe systems are so old that they are no longer supported by their vendors, creating security exposures and additional costs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) works with higher education institutions, research labs, and researchers around the world to offer cost-effective, scalable, and secure compute, storage, and database capabilities to accelerate time to science. They are built with interoperability, data governance, and security in mind.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is essential to foster a greater understanding within these groups of what the cloud is and what it can do, as well as demonstrate its trustworthiness – particularly when it comes to data security and privacy. Transparency in the adoption of cloud is just so crucial.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We needed a way to aggregate and visualize our data in a secure, cost-effective way. We worked with our leadership team to demonstrate the value of an integrated data strategy to grow buy-in across the organization, and we worked closely with our AWS team to take things step-by-step.

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