Microsoft Public Sector

MARCH 27, 2024

However, there is one lingering question that has always and continues to be in the background: “How to balance accessibility, productivity and security in an AI world.” Before jumping in with Accessibility and Security discussion, I wanted to quickly review AI and Copilot to share why so many users are excited. What is AI and Copilot?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

UK public sector organisations are facing threats and increasingly sophisticated attacks on key infrastructure and software security This trend is only expanding as more services become digitised and complex software supply chains multiply the opportunities for malicious actors to infiltrate networks.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 23, 2024

As a teacher with the KIPP charter school network in Houston, Texas, Dave Wakefield knew there had to be a better way for educators to gain insightful feedback on their instruction. In order to increase engagement and hands-on learning among students, for instance, many educators work to reduce their teacher talking time.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 17, 2024

The public sector’s use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is steadily growing, as these organizations learn how to implement and derive value from IoT solutions. Device Connectivity: Due to the highly connected nature of IoT devices, weak security in one device can compromise the entire network. AWS IoT supports X.509

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We rarely go for long without hearing of an information security breach or cyber-attack to which a public sector body or local council has fallen prey despite significant ongoing efforts and resource deployment to prevent them. One area where improvements can often be made is in education and training.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 29, 2023

We must improve security because the impacts of human error on cybersecurity can be immense, and one small slip-up can have disastrous impacts One small slip-up or moment of personal irresponsibility can cause havoc for even the most robust organisations. The statistics speak for themselves.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post explains how you can use AWS tools and services to secure and automate compliance in your environment. Topics include AWS Audit Manager , AWS Config , AWS Systems Manager , and AWS Security Hub. Why automate security and compliance There are several reasons to automate security and compliance.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Discover some of the key announcements related to K12 education : New features to power education data analytics. Many schools and education service agencies are looking for ways to securely share, store, analyze, and visualize data for a variety of use cases. Centralize security data with Amazon Security Lake.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

George Mason University (Mason) is on a mission to build a more student centric and technologically advanced education institution. The university will work with AWS to implement enhanced high performance computing (HPC), machine learning (ML), and more, to accelerate its research capabilities and provide a new platform for innovation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

While an individual teacher, administrator, or school may have a great idea, securing funds and technical support to expand and adapt a successful concept is often difficult. Lower the investment required to innovate By migrating on-premises servers to the cloud, K12 organizations can reduce spending to implement and expand new technology.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 19, 2023

To jumpstart your secure gen AI journey, we developed the Public Sector Guide to Getting Started with Gen AI. This guide demonstrates the potential value of gen AI across government, health and human services, labor, transportation, and education – with suggested use cases and customer examples.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Local governments have been a unique entity in the cyber-security landscape because of their lack of ability to pay ransomware,” Mahna explains. Although they have key historic knowledge, they have not necessarily been trained and educated on the latest technologies and cyber-security threats.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 3, 2023

A practical guide to transforming security teams, processes, and tools to support cloud security development Every day, we see new challenges emerging with cloud security which teams struggle to tackle. How do we ingrain security into the culture of cloud teams and get developers to remediate?

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Grant Central USA

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, innovation is the key to unlocking the potential of students and educators alike. For educators looking to breathe life into their groundbreaking projects and classroom initiatives, grant writing classes offer a vital skill set. This is where grant writing comes into play.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Recently, AWS joined the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Education—among other leaders in the government and education community—to commit to improving the cybersecurity resilience of K12 education. Education is also part of the ongoing effort by AWS to help schools stay safe.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Overcoming financial hurdles and demonstrating the value of crime centers The financial barrier is one of the most significant challenges to implementing this technology. Educating decision makers: One of the key strategies is education. Educating decision makers: One of the key strategies is education.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 26, 2024

Furthermore, financial services firms dealing with pandemic-related issues could not respond and improve their security methods fast enough to see off the threat, leading to more successful cyber scams and greater efforts by criminals to obtain private financial information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

However, in my experience as a former chief financial officer (CFO) in higher education , financial planning for cloud computing is often not attended to with as much diligence. Frameworks for financial planning in higher education AWS offers two rich frameworks for this kind of financial planning. What’s not for a CFO to like?

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Google Public Sector

JULY 22, 2022

Recently, Datatilsynet (the Danish Data Protection Authority) issued a ruling emphasizing the importance of conducting proper due diligence before implementing cloud services. To be clear, the ruling does not apply to Google directly or to other customers, nor does it prohibit use of Google Workspace for Education or Chromebooks in Denmark.

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GovLoop

JULY 17, 2024

For agencies, that means regularly connecting with employees to provide education and training that align with their jobs and to update them on new threats and attack techniques. Another role NICE plays is promoting an integrated ecosystem of cybersecurity education. Train Regularly “Annual training is not enough,” Petersen said.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

State and local government (SLG) agencies now have procurement questions to ask and decisions to make to maximize governance and security, simplify vendor management, and accelerate the overall process within a heavily regulated procurement environment. At the state and federal levels, programs are funded to support these efforts.

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Partnership for Public Service

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The Transportation Security Administration is responsible for screening and providing information about policies and procedures for all commercial airline passengers, with the agency screening more than 450 million travelers in fiscal year 2020.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

However, public sector organizations face several challenges such as optimizing resources, adapting to changing needs, improving patient care, personalizing the education experience, and strengthening security.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

This year’s winners of the Google Cloud Customer Award in government and education include eight organizations from across the country. AFRL’s researchers can now confidently share secure information and innovate more readily. Google Cloud Customer Award Winner: Education Winner: Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Enter Kokomo24/7 , a health and safety software education technology (EdTech) platform committed to creating safer schools and communities. Both apps have been foundational to LAUSD’s campus security strategy. To support Kokomo’s migration, AWS worked to validate the architecture and help with security assessments.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 19, 2023

Additionally, the agreement aims to expand the implementation of cyber managed services, such as National Prevention Pilot, End-Point Detection and Response Pilot, Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting, Cyber Incident Response, Albert, and Managed Email Security, within SLTT and the Elections subsector.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Department of Education has plenty of incentive to instill a zero-trust philosophy across its enterprise, even without needing to comply with the White House’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity or the ensuing federal strategy for implementing zero-trust architectures. And they never did.”

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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. Our goal is to expedite the digital evolution of education and safeguard academic settings through cloud computing technology.

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CarahCast

APRIL 2, 2021

In this podcast, experts from Zscaler & Garnet River discussed how K-12 organizations can provide a secure and seamless transition for their Home Internet Access for Students that includes remote learning, as well as, ensuring compliance through simple Internet safety, privacy and security policy implementation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

They know that while AI has the potential to be transformative for K12 schools, it must be implemented carefully. These are fundamental tools to guide school districts as they implement generative AI in their schools. In addition to enhancing school safety, the technology enables quicker response time to security incidents.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2022

To that end, Google Cloud is here to help government leaders develop a more comprehensive approach to security – to help protect against attacks now and in the future. We recently commissioned a cybersecurity survey asking workers—including government workers—how they feel about their cloud security solutions.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Ransomware attacks continue to be the most dominant threat to UK organisations and are having catastrophic consequences on critical national infrastructure The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of (GCHQ), recently released its annual review reflecting on the challenges and milestones across the cybersecurity industry.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 6, 2024

Amazon has launched the Amazon Trusted AI Challenge , a global university competition to drive secure innovation in generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) technology. This year’s challenge focuses on responsible AI and specifically on large language model (LLM) coding security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) enables seamless integration of these firewall appliances into the AWS architecture, ensuring consistent security policies and minimizing disruptions. This post will explore best practices for implementing GWLB to facilitate centralized traffic inspection for both east-west and north-south traffic flows.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In its 2022 annual review, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) advised that over the past 12 months, businesses and organisations in the UK reported hundreds of cyber incidents, many of which were ransomware attacks. Five main considerations for public sector organisations looking to implement cybersecurity best practices.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We’re providing a number of generative AI education and training resources for AWS Partners, as well. In the public sector, security and compliance are pivotal aspects of digital transformation. To expedite the journey towards security and compliance, AWS offers the Global Security and Compliance Acceleration (GSCA) program.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2024

Not One Solution, but Many Under National Security Memorandum 10, federal agencies must address quantum’s security threat. DigiCert has been helping customers prepare for Q Day since 2017, implementing its solutions for multiple use cases. At DigiCert, we call it Q Day.”

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