AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It offers industry-leading durability, availability, performance, security, and virtually unlimited scalability at very low costs, making it an ideal choice for storing large volumes of educational materials. Let’s say you are indexing an internal blog page you want to make available to search.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The 2024 version of the United Nations (UN) annual report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World found that about 29.6 Food security can be caused by a number of factors, including poverty, inflationary factors, violent conflict, and the effects of climate change. percent of the global population, or about 2.4

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

To support federal customers in addressing these challenges, Amazon Web Services (AWS) developed the Data Fabric Security (DFS) on AWS solution to support the identity and access needs of a multi-organization system. This will facilitate agile and secure data sharing with their providers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Furthermore, the sensitive nature of genomic data mandates a secure environment for processing and storage. Solution overview The main objective of this solution is to implement version control for workflow files and establish a robust security posture by scanning for vulnerabilities in containers pulled from public repositories.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Justice and public safety agencies and their solution providers are building highly available, resilient, and secure applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS) at a rapid pace. When AWS launched these CJIS Security compliance innovations in early 2019, we did so with reference to our AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Public sector customers using a shared account model can improve security and operational efficiency by adopting a multi-account strategy. Benefits of a multi-account AWS environment Using multiple AWS accounts helps isolate workloads and data, establishes a secure framework for workloads, and aligns with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

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MAY 28, 2024

As the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud provider, we recognize our role and responsibility in supporting customers to use health data securely and responsibly. At AWS, security will always be our top priority. AWS is architected to be the most secure cloud computing environment available today.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2024

Securing this data and ensuring appropriate access for users, devices, and systems are essential to protecting citizens from cyberattacks, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Device Connectivity: Due to the highly connected nature of IoT devices, weak security in one device can compromise the entire network.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA) is a solution to automate the deployment of a secure cloud foundation on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This blog post provides technical guidance for UK organisations to implement their landing zone in-line with guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) using the LZA.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

This blog post will explain why consumer messaging apps are a bad choice and why Amazon Web Services (AWS) Wickr is an appropriate solution for US government customers. 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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post explains how you can use AWS tools and services to secure and automate compliance in your environment. Topics include AWS Audit Manager , AWS Config , AWS Systems Manager , and AWS Security Hub. Why automate security and compliance There are several reasons to automate security and compliance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In todays digital landscape, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their complex information technology (IT) infrastructure. Map your zero trust strategy to the AWS zero trust guidance, and leverage services and best practices from AWS to design a robust and secure architecture.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has collaborated with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to tailor advice on how UK public sector customers can use the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA) to help meet the NCSC’s guidance on “ using cloud services securely.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In this blog post, learn a quick recap on what StateRAMP is and how it differs from the similar Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ( FedRAMP ). Launched in 2020, StateRAMP was designed by its board of directors to support state entities that want to leverage cloud-based services in a secure way. What is StateRAMP?

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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

JULY 24, 2024

However, the use of consumer-grade messaging applications poses significant security and sovereignty risks for Australian government agencies, making it difficult to meet governmental information management obligations. Data remains protected from unauthorized access, interception, and tampering as it travels from one endpoint to another.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is proud to join senior decision-makers and thought leaders from around the world at the 60th edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from February 16-18. MSC is a leading global forum for discussing the most pressing international security challenges.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In this blog, we explore four common protocols used to connect IoT devices to the cloud and shed light on when and where to deploy them for optimal results. We explore the different security considerations for each protocol based on guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Devices present a valid X.509

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

In critical moments when every second counts, justice and public safety ( JPS ) agencies need technology solutions that are secure, reliable, and fast. To power these essential solutions—and move agencies to the cloud securely, compliantly, and fast—CentralSquare exclusively builds on AWS infrastructure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In this post, learn use cases for digital twins, plus how to create an open-source digital twin sample front-end application built with AWS Amplify , Amazon Cognito , and AWS IoT Core that you can use as a starting point for building efficient, scalable, and secure digital twin solutions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

Building a robust, reliable solution Scope Builders architectureas shown in the following diagramemploys several managed AWS services to ensure security, scalability, and reliability. To ensure data security, Amazon Bedrock inputs and model outputs are not shared with any model providers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Enhancing national security with cloud and AI AWS has built its infrastructure to meet the most stringent security requirements, including those of the U.S. The Chief Information Officers from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA) joined Levy onstage for a fireside chat. Government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Global leaders are convening in Germany this week at the annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) to discuss key foreign policy and security challenges. government security and compliance needs with the launch of the AWS GovCloud (US) Region in 2011. In the U.S.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 27, 2025

When combined with Powertools for AWS Lambda (Python), a developer toolkit that implements serverless best practices, agencies can significantly increase their development velocity while maintaining high security and compliance standards. Amazon Bedrock Guardrails: Mechanisms to enforce security and compliance policies.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

In today's digital age, securing an organization's information is more critical than ever. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) stood up a program called Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA). Baseline implementation guides can be found at Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Project | CISA.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This post explains how healthcare organizations and partners can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and scalable infrastructure for secondary usage of health data in alignment with the European Health Data Space (EHDS). This is the first of two posts describing an AWS reference architecture for EHDS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Both apps have been foundational to LAUSD’s campus security strategy. Because the district’s data contained sensitive student health information and images, the data had to be encrypted during transit and migrated securely. To support Kokomo’s migration, AWS worked to validate the architecture and help with security assessments.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For those who were unable to attend or watch virtually, this blog post summarizes some of the key partner highlights. In the public sector, security and compliance are pivotal aspects of digital transformation. If you’re interested in learning more about this TTM, please speak to your AWS Partner Development Manager or contact AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Now, as part of a new DoD research and development effort, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Amazon’s Project Kuiper will help shape the future of global, ubiquitous, and secure internet connectivity throughout the space domain for the United States and its allies. Enabling secure mission success with Wickr RAM in Department of Defense Cloud One.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Learn about the startups and the problems they aim to solve: 10-8 Systems Mission Viejo, CA 10-8 Systems offers advanced, cloud-native computer aided dispatch (CAD) and records management software (RMS) for law enforcement, emergency services, fire, and private security.

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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. Opening their phone, they were able to provide copies of their ID, Social Security card, and even a fully signed copy of their intake forms with the HOPICS case manager who set them up with Kiip.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Government customers with secure access to foundation models (FMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within AWSs classified environment. Amazon Bedrock enables customers to leverage generative AI capabilities while maintaining the highest levels of security and data protection required for their Top Secret workloads.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

State and local government (SLG) agencies now have procurement questions to ask and decisions to make to maximize governance and security, simplify vendor management, and accelerate the overall process within a heavily regulated procurement environment. At the state and federal levels, programs are funded to support these efforts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this blog post, learn how public sector customers use AWS serverless and containers technology to modernize their applications. Using AWS-managed and serverless services helps reduce the time to service delivery, so agencies can spend more time focusing on improving the quality and security of the application.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

With AWS MDC, defense customers can securely store, analyze, and interpret petabytes worth of data in real-time to gain military advantage in the most isolated environments. Read related stories on the AWS Public Sector Blog: AWS selected for U.S. Pictured: A 3D rendering of the AWS Modular Data Center (MDC) unit.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Work backward from your understanding of what AI enables you to do The AnyOrganization chief operations officer (COO) recently read an AWS blog post that addressed generative AI for the public sector. Security – This perspective helps you achieve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your data and cloud workloads.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Security and availability powered by AWS Working with colleges and universities to handle sensitive issues means that security and availability are both paramount, which is why ConcernCenter’s tech team chose to build the platform on AWS. Hundreds of colleges and universities rely on the AWS Cloud for security and scalability.

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