AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

If youre working in highly regulated industries like the federal government or national security, you face unique challengesfrom managing complex legacy systems with accumulated technical debt to keeping pace with rapidly evolving technologies. Figure 1: LISA Model Management console with both Amazon ECS (e.g.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In the following sections, we provide a deeper look into each of these areas through the lens of AnyOrganization a public sector organization in the financial regulation space. Given their limited qualified workforce, examiners can only thoroughly review a small percentage of documentation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

In this post, I share how we at AWS are collaborating with national cyber regulators and other public sector entities to enable secure adoption of the AWS Cloud across countries public sectors. I use the success stories of the Netherlands and Spain to highlight what a successful country journey to AWS looks like.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2025

They must comply to specific regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ensure data sovereignty within EU borders, follow strict public procurement rules, and maintain the highest standards of citizen data protection.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 1, 2025

As states continue to transition towards more modular architectures and look for efficiencies, adopting an ODS is vital in maintaining cohesive and effective data management. The ODS should catalog data, perform quality checks, manage master data, and use a business glossary to produce actionable insights.

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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. Running containerized on-premises or self-managed workloads involves significant overhead to manage operational resources.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

Whether theyre migrating agencies to the cloud or building AI-driven solutions, GovTechs must balance technological advancement with compliance regulations, budget limitations, and evolving government needs. Amazon Pinpoint makes personalized outbound messaging campaigns simple. Want to learn how AWS can support your GovTech journey?

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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. Topics include AWS Audit Manager , AWS Config , AWS Systems Manager , and AWS Security Hub. You also need to adhere to your specific regulations’ requirements.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Healthcare practitioners rely on specialized knowledge such as publications in medical research, caregiving techniques, treatment plans, and policy documents. Patient data is sensitive and in many jurisdictions processing, access, and storage of patient data is regulated by government entities.

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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. This made it challenging for these organizations to modernize because of the implied threat to business continuity.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Modular Data Center (MDC) is a service that enables rapid deployment of AWS managed data centers for running location- or latency-sensitive applications in locations with limited infrastructure. Start by completing and submitting the contact form on the AWS MDC page in the AWS Management Console (Figure 2).

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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. To learn more, refer to the AWS IoT TwinMaker documentation.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Cyberattacks and cybersecurity regulations In recent years, healthcare organizations have experienced an increase in cyberattacks such as ransomware, unintended data access, and distributed denial of service (DDoS). In some cases, the networks must be disconnected, and documentation done by hand.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

First, a retrieval component identifies relevant documents or passages from a vast knowledge base, narrowing down the search space. Security and compliance: Anduril’s unwavering commitment As a defense technology company, Anduril operates in a highly regulated environment where data security and compliance are paramount.

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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. As seen in Figure 3, upgrading to modern solutions reduces customer management responsibilities.

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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. Review the solution documentation and baseline architecture First, read through the LZA solution overview and LZA operations guidance. 1.17 - CIS.1.16

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Some US federal agencies and those who collaborate with them must support an automated, secure, and scalable multi-account cloud environment that meets Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) standards. The LZA uses AWS services that are in scope of FedRAMP compliance.

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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. What is Cooperative Purchasing? Other agencies can also use the contract with competitive pricing and terms.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

First, AWS provides compliance documentation for controls that are on the AWS side of the Shared Responsibility Model. Supplying AWS compliance documentation for Canada public sector customers The CCCS is Canada’s authoritative source of cyber security expert guidance, services, and support. As documented in CCCS ITSP.50.105

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS solution AWS built the LZA solution to significantly reduce the time it takes for customers to set-up a landing zone designed to align with compliance goals in highly regulated industries. This helps streamline access to the cloud without having to define and manage another set of identities and processes.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Shared Responsibility Model can help relieve a customer’s operational burden as AWS operates, manages, and controls the components from the host operating system and virtualization layer down to the physical security of the facilities where the service operates. Credit unions face unique security, regulatory, and compliance obligations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The pandemic also accelerated government agencies’ adoption of new technologies to support team collaboration and more flexible work environments, including chat, video conferencing, and document sharing. Today, electronic messaging systems, are subject to the same role-based approach to managing communications records as email.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Opportunities range from automated document processing to personalized services to accelerating analysis. Managing privacy, security, and compliance obligations When building for public trust, data responsibility becomes paramount. What are processes that could be streamlined versus areas ripe for innovation?

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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

APRIL 23, 2024

DataSync is an online data transfer service that automates data transfer between on-premises storage, edge devices, other cloud provider storage offerings and AWS managed storage offerings. AWS Site-to-Site VPN is a managed service that uses Internet Protocol security (IPSec) to create encrypted tunnels.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Managed by NCPS, CLAW collects and analyzes agency cloud security data and allows CISA analysts to provide security situational awareness and support to the agencies. You should be comfortable setting up cross-account access with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and roles. Enter a rule name like “ReplicateToCLAW”.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This includes best practices for configuration management, and monitoring of those environments. The tool is intended to help organizations comply with various security regulations and policies. Improve compliance with industry standards and regulations. Source: CISA GitHub Repository, ScubaGear. Improve upon logging.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While IP comes in many common forms, such as documents and spreadsheets, but images and CAD files pose just as big a risk and are more difficult to protect with traditional security tools. Depending on the industry, different regulations and protection policies may also need to be applied to protect CAD files. Then follow tip #3.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For most organizations, managing users in a single tenant provides them with a unified view of resources and single set of policies and controls that enable a consistent user experience. Multi-tenant organizations (MTO) may span two or more M365 and Entra ID tenants – resulting in unique cross-tenant collaboration and management requirements.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Dave Williams, Materials Manager at 3M UK PLC, introduces 3M bright screen privacy filters for laptops that enhance on-screen privacy and compliance in the public sector In today’s digital age, the public sector is increasingly reliant on technology to deliver services efficiently and securely.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Facilitating a world-class traveller experience AI drives distinct benefits for low-risk travellers, who can submit documents remotely and are fast-tracked on entry and exit. Strong and effective regulation is paramount when exploring the impact of AI on travel and cross-border processes.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

September 2024 Update Microsoft 365 Commercial + Azure Commercial FedRAMP in Azure The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.

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