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How Public Safety Is Driving the Deployment of Mission-Critical Operations Centers

State Tech Magazine

And 93 percent said coordination among agencies is critical when responding to public safety crises and emergency situations. In a Verizon survey, 55 percent of first responders said the use of data for situational awareness has been one of the strongest areas of technological improvement in public safety over the past 20 years.

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Keys to Countering Cyberattacks Against State and Local Agencies

State Tech Magazine

That means everything from ensuring operational technology (OT) is readily upgradeable and interoperable to coordinating information sharing across the public and private sectors. Critical infrastructure has become a major target for cyberattackers.

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Deploying AWS Modular Data Center: From ordering to delivery and installation

AWS Public Sector Blog

We also define the roles and responsibilities between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the customer to provide clarity for successful deployment, improve operational availability, and enhance security posture. If additional security measures, such as fencing or security cameras, are required, coordinate with your AWS representative.

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Building zero trust for the Department of Defense: Insights from Les Call, Director of the DoD CIO ZT PfMO

AWS Public Sector Blog

Addressing operational technology and mission partner environment: The DoD still needs to tackle the challenges of implementing zero trust in the operational technology and mission partner environments, and is looking to AWS and AWS Partners for solutions to simplify these complex areas.

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Strengthening public safety collaboration with AWS Wickr and the Android Team Awareness Kit

AWS Public Sector Blog

First responders need secure, uninterrupted communication to help them get oriented quickly and support complex coordination efforts. Combined capabilities ATAK is a geospatial infrastructure and situational awareness application that provides a real time common operating picture of people and assets within a map-based view.

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The UK’s quantum clock: Changing military precision and security

Open Access Government - Technology News

A new revolutionary quantum clock developed by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is expected to transform military operations by providing them with more precise timing This new technology is a big leap forward in reducing reliance on GPS, often vulnerable to jamming and disruption, particularly in conflict zones.

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AWS announces AWS Modular Data Center for U.S. Department of Defense Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability

AWS Public Sector Blog

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. Further, AWS MDC comes with a management system for customers to proactively monitor and simply operate the MDC’s subsystems. “As