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

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). 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

APRIL 15, 2025

But they also navigate a unique set of industry challenges, from cost constraints and regulatory hurdles to the need for scalable, secure innovation. Using the AWS Well-Architected Framework , GovTechs can build solutions that maximize cost efficiency, security, and resilience from the start.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Recently, AWS joined the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Education—among other leaders in the government and education community—to commit to improving the cybersecurity resilience of K12 education. According to Arden Peterkin, information security officer at Gwinnett County (Ga.)

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 10, 2023

Despite a litany of federal zero-trust initiatives and guidance designed to improve public sector cybersecurity, a recent survey of state CIOs conducted by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers found that “cybersecurity and risk management” are still a top priority.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At the end of 2022, Will Thompson, lead computational research consultant at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management , had a decision to make. But in 2022, the hardware urgently needed to be replaced to bring the server up to modern speed, availability, and security standards.

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Agencies can no longer rely on traditional network access methods, such as virtual private networks (VPN) and conventional wide-area network (WAN) technologies, to provide employees and users with a reliable and secure remote access experience. model for securing internet points of presence and external connections for the government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the number of research workloads in the cloud grows, researchers face challenges in managing strict budgets with unpredictable workloads and fluctuating needs. AWS provides many methods for effective cost management that can support organizations in their efforts to optimize the use of grant-based funds. Savings Plans.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To modernize their healthcare infrastructure and improve data security, Bavarian hospital Fachklinikum Mainschleife , in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Kite Consult and consulting firm Oberender AG , undertook a massive initiative: the migration of their entire IT infrastructure to AWS.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In today’s digital age, security has an expanded definition. While physical security remains a critical focus, businesses and other public sector organizations are bolstering their security posture towards a less visible vulnerability: data and computer systems.

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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. For over two decades, this medical data has been stored in on-premise data centers.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The data deluge: Challenges of managing and analyzing information In the modern law enforcement landscape, the emergence of real-time crime centers has opened possibilities and presented significant challenges. On the other hand, managing and analyzing this vast array of data poses significant complexities.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With the responsibility of protecting attendees, crowd control, and maintaining security, procurement teams play a critical role in making sure the staff has everything they need to execute the event. Procurement teams must source reliable security services that can scale up depending on the size and complexity of the event.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides one of the simplest ways for development teams to build and scale generative AI applications with security, privacy, and responsible AI. We are also confident that data is secure. Also, as a council with budget pressures, there’s significant financial gain.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 23, 2023

The global pool of security professionals needs to grow 65% to defend organisations’ critical assets – so how can we plug the cybersecurity skills gap? Indeed, (ISC)² estimates that the global pool of security professionals needs to grow 65% to defend organisations’ critical assets effectively.

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Grant Training Center

JULY 31, 2023

The NIH closely scrutinizes the Data Management Plan (DMP) as a fundamental part of the grant application, for it demonstrates how data will be handled and generated during the research project. Data storage and backup: Describe how you will store your data securely during the project.

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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

JULY 17, 2023

Security considerations The following security considerations apply to all use cases: AWS GovCloud (US) is an isolated partition of AWS with internet access and its own AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM ). AWS recommends storing access keys in AWS Secrets Manager , to encrypt and access keys programmatically.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

More than 4,500 EdTechs globally turn to the scalability and security of AWS to deliver their solutions. At AWS, we believe that optimizing IT costs (including cloud) helps unlock budget to invest in more innovation. AWS’s cost management guidance will be immensely valuable as we plan and prioritize our business decisions.”

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FedTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Federal agencies have reported an average of about 30,000 cyber incidents annually for the past five years, according to data from the White House Office of Management and Budget. A key element of their strategy: microsegmentation.

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GovLoop

APRIL 30, 2025

From implementing chatbots to conquering time management, theres a lot of free professional development opportunities to empower you as a public servant, including the NextGen Government Training Virtual Summit. May we interest you in some great online training topics this month? Join us online Wednesday, May 14 at 2 p.m. ET/1-1:30 p.m.

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Google Public Sector

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In the future, AI agents will help government employees work and code more efficiently, manage their applications, gain deeper data insights, identify and resolve security threats, and bring their best ideas to life. Trend #5: Security gets tighter and tougher with AI As AI becomes more prevalent, so do the threats it poses.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 14, 2023

Government IT leaders should consider improving their security with tools designed to go beyond signature-based detection to spot unknown but potentially malicious behaviour We live in a world of escalating digital threats to government IT systems. That means external, organised crime gangs are the biggest threat to government security.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

When the Office of Personnel and Management secured $9.9 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to support its zero-trust security efforts, the agency was thinking big. “We Office of Management and Budget Memo M-22-09 requires them to meet zero-trust objectives by the end of fiscal year 2024.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This was achieved by using a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificate, which simplified certificate management by enabling multiple domains to be authenticated using a single certificate. A key aspect of simplifying the certificates using a SAN certificate is that it provided a solution for integrating with the Classic Load Balancer.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

OneRange New York, NY OneRange is helping companies to automate the management of individualized learning budgets. Go deeper on AWS Cloud for data-driven education Discover how AWS empowers EdTech innovation to improve learning outcomes and secure student data.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 27, 2025

Agency modernization, innovation through AI, managing new grants, and more thats whats in store for Februarys online training line-up. Speaker: Phani Tangirala, Senior advisor, AI team, Department of Labor Sean Flowers, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Solutions and Service Delivery (OSSD), U.S. 13 at 2 p.m. 20 at 2 p.m.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 1, 2024

The CreateTrack tool , a one-stop system for budgeting, project tracking, communication, and invoicing. AWS provided the scalability, security, and speed of delivery that could support CreatorUp’s ambitious goals. The CreatorUp store , an ecommerce experience for purchasing the 900 different digital media services being offered.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Only 12% of public administration managers said they had significantly deployed AI tools, and 23% of workers use AI tools regularly. Over half of public sector managers believe improved access to structured data would enable more effective AI adoption. Among female employees aged 45 and above, the figure drops to 15%.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Now the department’s Chief Information Security Officer, Baidwan puts it this way: “OK, we got $5. UCMM has proven invaluable when talking about cyber investments not just with IT experts, but with chief financial officers, budget examiners and lawmakers, he added. What have we done with that? It comes back to that $5, Baidwan said. “I

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Governments worldwide dedicate a significant portion of their IT budget to maintaining legacy technology systems. This can pose security and operational continuity challenges and governments seek to address this challenge. For example, the cost to the UK government of maintaining legacy IT is estimated to be around 50 percent (or £2.3

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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. This was key.” They also pre-processed more than 4.5 years of data in less than a week.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Furthermore, K12 IT teams are understaffed and typically lack a dedicated security officer and Security Operations Center. In September 2022, the State of Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS) launched a new program to bolster the cybersecurity of Arizona’s most vulnerable cities, counties, and K12 school districts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

Security is also a critical consideration, as nonprofits often handle sensitive donor and beneficiary information. Security is a key consideration for Concerts for Carers, as they hold the personal information of more than 100,000 carers in their system. The content in Amazon S3 is also encrypted.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Key topics covered include addressing concerns around data sovereignty, security, lock-in risks and budget control while highlighting AWS capabilities and commitments in these areas. Advancing data governance and stewardship practices to build trust and enable secure data sharing between departments, including safeguarding privacy.

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Government Technology Insider

DECEMBER 11, 2024

It features changes to the repayment/reimbursement requirements and new criteria for evaluating project proposals with a stronger focus on bolstering security, privacy and protecting against operational risks. Consider how the technology will affect security and the user experience. Be intentional with your investments.

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