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State Agencies Coordinate Individual Solutions for Zero-Trust Teamwork

State Tech Magazine

Their purpose, state IT leaders suspect, was to use the school district as a launchpad to infiltrate the state’s National Guard, which provides physical security for a sizable stockpile of nuclear weapons. But thanks to the state’s zero-trust architecture, the attackers never made it past the school district’s firewall.

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

Open Access Government - Technology News

The quantum clock is more accurate than ever before, it will lose less than one second over billions of year, providing a level of precision that will be revolutionary for military navigations to secure communications. The post The UK’s quantum clock: Changing military precision and security appeared first on Open Access Government.

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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

In todays digital landscape, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their complex information technology (IT) infrastructure. This journey requires not only advanced technology solutions but also careful coordination, strategic planning, and strong partnerships between government and industry.

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Using Amazon Timestream and Amazon Location Service to detect transportation route deviations and anomalies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Most commonly, GPS coordinates are used to track vehicle location and transportation route. GPS coordinates often have anomalies that can contaminate location reporting. The Lambda function reads the route files stored in Amazon S3 and extract the coordinates needed to create a geofence.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

This self-contained solution uses two 20-foot shipping containers to create an ICD-705 compliant shielded enclosure, equipped as a data center with built-in power distribution, redundant cooling (N+1), security, monitoring, fire suppression, and other essential infrastructure components.

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Keys to Countering Cyberattacks Against State and Local Agencies

State Tech Magazine

As cyberattacks on critical infrastructure continue to proliferate, state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) government agencies must plan for the future while also addressing existing infrastructure security challenges. Critical infrastructure has become a major target for cyberattackers.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

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.