AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In this blog post, we cover public sector use cases that are driving the adoption of serverless and containers, such as generative AI, data analytics, document processing, and more. Blueprints also helps you implement the relevant security controls needed to operate workloads from multiple teams in the same cluster.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) public sector government transformation specialists researched what technology leaders in government and in the highly regulated private sector believe their main IT challenges are. Implementing these changes can impact their systems and lead to the accumulation of technical debt.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. 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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Compliance is essential, but ensuring compliance in the cloud with various regulations and standards can be challenging, especially for public sector organizations. Doing so allows your organization to: Consistently implement security and compliance across different environments, Regions, and accounts, and reduce the risk of human error.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Department of Defense (DoD) organizations often have requirements to establish a secure, scalable, multi-account environment that implements the security baseline compliant with US federal government standards. This walkthrough assumes the customer has already implemented the C1 component. Federal and U.S. Solution overview.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By using the UK implementation guide for the LZA , UK customers can design environments that will help them to align to new NCSC guidance. Using LZA on AWS, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. What is a landing zone?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

In order to implement a tunnel, you need to use third-party virtual appliances. Before implementing this architecture, it’s important to ensure you’re using a NIST-approved algorithm in your IPSec implementation in addition to FIPS-validated cryptographic modules. See the documentation for more information on this topic.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Cooperative purchasing , by combining the needs of many agencies, not only lowers costs but also improves access to quality products and services, simplifies procurement processes, and ensures compliance with regulations. Implementation: Become a member and start integrating cooperative purchasing into your procurement processes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment. The LZA solution deploys a cloud foundation that is architected to align with AWS best practices and multiple global compliance frameworks.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2023

Now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region , AWS IoT TwinMaker-powered solutions can comply with regulations such as International Traffic in Arms Regulations ( ITAR ) and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program ( FedRAMP ) High baseline. Read the AWS IoT TwinMaker documentation to dive deeper into these steps.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 1, 2024

AI applications not categorised as high-risk or banned are subject to lighter-touch regulation, allowing for innovation while ensuring compliance with fundamental rights and safety standards. These include providing comprehensive technical documentation, disclosing training data summaries, and implementing robust cybersecurity measures.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Importantly, the data mesh model supports robust data governance and compliance, as data domains can closely align their data management practices with GxP guidelines, ISO 27001 standards, and other industry-specific regulations. Data governance: Robust data governance policies and procedures are crucial for HIPAA compliance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Summary Highly regulated enterprises and government agencies still maintain critical applications operating on legacy mainframe systems. The business rules embedded in legacy code are often complex and poorly documented. As the aforementioned GAO report observes, finding people who still know the application logic is difficult.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

This cost-free resource aims to support leaders as they grapple with implementation challenges. Opportunities range from automated document processing to personalized services to accelerating analysis. The eBook outlines techniques for classification, access controls, and continuous adaptations to regulations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

This database stores structured data, such as unemployment insurance (UI) claimant and taxpayer records, and semi-structured and unstructured data such as PDF documents, all in one place. For example, you can separate regulated data from non-regulated data and apply appropriate security controls to reduce compliance risks.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Baseline implementation guides can be found at Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA) Project | CISA. Installing and running the tool provides the capability of conducting security assessments of cloud environments via PowerShell and Open Policy Agent to check compliance with the implementation guides. Improve upon logging.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Flexibility – With microservices, changes and updates can be made to individual components without affecting the entire system, making it easier to adapt the system to new laws, regulations, or business requirements. Amazon Textract is an ML service that automatically extracts text, handwriting, and data from scanned or electronic documents.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

AWS enables government agencies and regulated industries to experiment and innovate in a secure, compliant manner. They created a solution that makes complex documents more accessible, enabling a community where no one is disadvantaged.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 17, 2024

Why regulated industry and public sector need Zero Trust for air-gapped clouds As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, traditional security approaches are no longer enough to protect critical workloads. How Google Distributed Cloud can help GDC implements a robust Zero Trust architecture tailored for air-gapped environments.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This nearly-50-page document concluded that nonbank mortgage servicers (NMSs) collectively are a potential threat to financial stability. Finally, I will present a list of various pragmatic actions from which policymakers can select several they view as most well-suited for implementation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In our network of AWS Partners , you’ll find partners with proven expertise in services like Amazon Textract and Amazon Comprehend , which can help public sector organizations with intelligent document processing to meet electronic records requirements.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

FedRAMP enables government agencies to accelerate the adoption of cloud services with confidence, knowing they meet high security standards and comply with federal regulations. FedRAMP authorization is a rigorous and comprehensive process that involves extensive documentation, testing, and auditing by independent third-party assessors (3PAO).

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Open Source Adaptation of the Year Award special mentions: BERDI – Canada Energy Regulator, Canada. View open source code for digital services, standards, practices, and more implemented by governments around the world. So far, there have been more than 10 million transactions on the CamDX platform.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Imagine working on sensitive documents in a public space, only to have prying eyes catch a glimpse of confidential information. This is where 3M Bright Screen Privacy Filters for Laptops come into play, offering a simple yet effective solution to enhance on-screen privacy and ensure compliance with data protection regulations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

billion COVID-19 vaccinations in India; DigiLocker, which provides citizens anytime, anywhere access to authentic digital documents; and Samarth eGov , which automates governance for more than 200 higher education institutions across India. Examples include initiatives such as the development of Co-WIN , which has supported more than 2.20

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Once they receive the account, they’re responsible for implementing security controls as required by GC policy. A cloud landing zone automates the set-up of an environment for running secure and scalable workloads while implementing an initial security baseline through the creation of core accounts and resources.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 31, 2024

Whether you need to make strategic decisions, solve problems, or answer customer queries, you want to leverage the knowledge that is stored in your documents and databases. In this blog post, we will show you how you can use Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Search to create chat bots that can answer challenging questions from your documents.

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Google Public Sector

JULY 10, 2023

To help them overcome these challenges, it is important to provide Healthcare Data Custodians, Infrastructure Architects, and Research Leads with clear guidance on how the cloud can align with Canadian Healthcare Regulations. Developing and implementing controls to mitigate the risks. Why a Threat Risk Assessment?

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It also addresses external collaboration in highly regulated environments, inclusive of organizations that are homed in either Commercial or in the US Sovereign Cloud. This highly regulated and heavily restricted cloud environment has not been conducive to collaboration beyond its boundaries. with anyone that has an email address.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) can help credit unions prepare for audits, assess security posture, and produce documentation for state or federal regulators. AWS offers the Automated Security Response on AWS solution , which is an open source implementation of automated response and remediation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Governance – According to modern data-driven practices, organizations federate or distribute governance to balance nonnegotiable security, privacy, and regulation concerns with the need to innovate. Learn more about the agile approach for developing government services.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 11, 2024

Department of Defense (DoD) Federal Acquisition Regulation supplement (DFARs) 252.204-7012 requires Cloud Service Providers (CSP) to meet a baseline for compliance. Executive Summary The U.S. CSPs must support DFARs 7012 flow down contract clauses to safeguard Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) against unauthorized disclosure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Healthcare IT teams may see these new solutions as cutting-edge, risky, and difficult to implement. The system grows—with new features, new applications, new government regulations, new acquisitions, and new clinical relationships. Sometimes, the new features can introduce IT challenges. Clinicians could annotate images.

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Microsoft Public Sector

APRIL 11, 2024

Department of Defense (DoD) contractors and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) by supporting the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements for the Microsoft 365 Government (GCC High) cloud service offering. MFA has been validated as implemented and configured to comply with FIPS 140-2 requirements.

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 20, 2024

Documentation on admin controls will be provided by GA. M365 App copilots (Word, Excel, PowerPoint): Embedded within your favorite productivity apps, these intelligent assistants help you craft documents, analyze data, and create presentations faster and with greater precision. an individual has access to.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Further, Splunk has built-in security and compliance features, which can be advantageous for sensitive and regulated data. By understanding the different log aggregation strategies, implementing robust security measures, and collaborating with CISA, agencies can simplify the delivery of essential logs.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

An Aadhaar Data Vault is a secure, access-controlled centralized storage repository for all the Aadhaar numbers collected by requesting entities , like an Authentication User Agency (AUA), Know-Your-Customer User Agency (KUA), or any other agency for specific purposes under the Aadhaar Act and Regulations published in 2016. Figure 1.

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