AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Despite these advances, satellite communications (satcom) operators still find it challenging to scale and adapt to this new complexity on the ground. This post also presents a reference architecture to virtualize the satcom ground segment after the satellite signal is digitized at both ends of communication.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Almost half of respondents (43 percent) are interested in using generative AI to improve operational efficiency, followed by enhancing communications (29 percent), education and workforce development (28 percent), and enhancing citizen services (21 percent). The benefits can’t be ignored.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has immense potential to deliver inclusive, secure, and foundational digital capabilities for entire nations efficiently and fast. It plays a key role in developing DPI: secure, interoperable digital systems based on open standards, that provide broad accessibility while aligning with national policies.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 18, 2025

Dominic Norton, Sales Director at Spitfire Network Services Ltd, discusses the evolution of security, focusing on the shift from physical to digital vulnerabilities, including securing IoT devices in the public sector Not long ago, securing a public sector site, whether a government office, school, or transport hub, was largely a physical process.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

In our previous posts about how public sector organizations can secure their Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, we introduced the AWS IoT family of services in Secure your organizations Internet of Things devices using AWS IoT , and we dove deep into IoT communications with 4 common IoT protocols and their security considerations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

With the Internet of Things (IoT), selecting the right communication protocol ensures efficient data exchange and seamless connectivity between devices and the cloud. 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

JANUARY 27, 2025

Real-time data access is particularly vital for priority responses, where timely information can make the difference in critical situations. Its equally important for policy compliance, ensuring decisions are based on the latest information, and for resource allocation, helping agencies efficiently direct resources where theyre needed most.

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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

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. This information is indexed later. Beautiful Soup is a library that simplifies scraping information from web pages.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Research shows that family and community involvement in schools is closely related to positive outcomes for students. Plus, when educators connect and communicate with each other, they can help improve the culture of education, use their data more effectively, and deliver better results for students.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

For public safety agencies, secure collaboration and situational awareness are essential to preparedness and response. First responders need secure, uninterrupted communication to help them get oriented quickly and support complex coordination efforts.

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Whether on land, in air, or at sea, having connectivity and access to information in the field is critical for the US Department of Defense (DoD). Satellite communications systems provide the DoD with critical capabilities—from delivering satellite imagery to enabling communications—that support military users operating around the globe.

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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. R3 Score Technologies, Inc. Baltimore, MD R3 Score Technologies, Inc.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 4, 2025

specializes in disaster and risk with a primary focus on online informal communication, and public alerts and warnings disseminated via short messaging channels. specializes in disaster and risk with a primary focus on online informal communication, and public alerts and warnings disseminated via short messaging channels.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

Wickr RAM is DOD compliant and able to transmit controlled unclassified information (CUI), personal health information (PHI), and personally identifiable information (PII) as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Air Force Special Operations Command. Best-of-breed technology collaborations.

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Microsoft Public Sector

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). Thus, the ScubaGear tool was born. What is ScubaGear?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulates the processing, maintenance, and storage of protected health information. In this post, we present an architecture that uses the Wickr messaging solution for protected communication with a generative AI backend system.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Microsoft Security Copilot and NIST 800-171 It is with bated breath that we await the publication of a Proposed Rule and final draft of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0. System and Information Integrity (3.14.) The first set of requirements within the family is 3.14.1

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 17, 2025

Building on Googles commitment to provide secure and innovative AI solutions for the public sector, Gemini in Workspace apps and the Gemini app are the first generative AI assistants for productivity and collaboration suites to have achieved FedRAMP High authorization.

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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. Navigating the information flood. This ensures ease of maintenance and access to critical information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Agencies, community leaders, and health professionals look to lessons learned and best practices from the COVID-19 pandemic as a starting point. For example, agencies stood up new solutions, augmented their epidemiologic data with other data sources, or looked to their local Health information Exchange (HIE) for support.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

“There are a lot of places in federal government where the voice and video, everything that’s being discussed is too sensitive to entrust to a cloud service that might, for example, go via a third-party country or be exposed to the wrong people,” said Mike Horsley, CEO of VQ Communications.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 10, 2025

Government agencies rely on IT providers to provide secure, compliant, and efficient technology to help complete their vital missions. These priorities - lower cost with better security and productivity - may seem at odds, but with the right cloud provider, they dont have to be. federal government agencies.

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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 11, 2024

In an age where data is the new currency, organizations are constantly seeking ways to harness the power of information to drive productivity and innovation. Then, a generative component, powered by an LLM, processes the retrieved information and generates a coherent and contextually appropriate response.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 9, 2024

Lire cet article en Français Education institutions are increasingly adopting cloud technology to transform the security and efficiency of technology solutions for schools worldwide. This program will allow school boards to improve their security posture and advance their ransomware protection.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2024

Ensuring the availability and security of critical applications is paramount. 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.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Department of Defense (DoD) relies on modern military applications that are data-heavy and depend on low latency to enable critical communications and coordination in the field. Customers also have the option to use satellite communications for network connectivity. Pictured: A 3D rendering of the AWS Modular Data Center (MDC) unit.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Collaborate with right teams – Use chat channels to streamline communication during incidents. Chat channels help responders stay up-to-date with information and also share information. Turn on Security Hub. To get started, there’s a single select on the Security Hub console that enables it. Enable GuardDuty.

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GovLoop

DECEMBER 23, 2024

It takes time to get things done, said Michael Gregg, Chief Information Security Officer for North Dakota. She encouraged data communicators to know their audiences and what they can naturally understand and interpret. But the key to it, in many ways, is exactly the same. He called it a unity of effort. Keep it straightforward.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Addressing a NASCIO panel on AI and digital services, Jason Snyder, secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services and Security, outlined the state’s current AI plans, emphasizing…

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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

APRIL 30, 2025

Customers operating in austere Edge environments have unique challenges when it comes to deploying a robust, secure collaboration solution. Wickr Enterprise is a secure collaboration platform that can be deployed on premises using Kubernetes. To upload your own certificate to secure the admin console, select Upload your own.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

Customers operating in austere Edge environments have unique challenges when it comes to deploying a robust, secure collaboration solution. Wickr Enterprise is a secure collaboration platform that can be deployed on premises using Kubernetes. To upload your own certificate to secure the admin console, select Upload your own.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

However, this poses significant problems with information sharing and data storage because microscopy slides are fragile, and the dye used to visualize the cell structure fades over time. Any urgent findings are communicated over the phone with the primary team doctors.

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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. Reach out to AWS for help and more information.

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