State Tech Magazine

JUNE 6, 2024

According to the most recent Rubrik Zero Labs report, “The State of Data Security: Measuring Your Data’s Risk,” 94 percent of IT and security leaders reported that their organizations experienced significant cyberattacks last year; one-third of these victims endured at least one ransomware attack.

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State Tech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

State and local government agencies carry the heavy burden of collecting and managing large amounts of sensitive data to bring essential services to citizens. Naturally, they want to be on the cutting edge of cybersecurity, which is where the zero-trust security model comes in.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

After completion of the program, Precise achieved Advanced tier partner status and was selected by a federal government agency to create a machine learning as a service (MLaaS) platform on AWS. The platform helped the agency digitize and process forms, pictures, and other documents.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Millions of Americans rely on state and local government technology systems every day. From drivers licenses to marriage certificates, every day interactions with government depend on technology. Amazon Web Services (AWS) recognizes these luminaries of state and local government technology.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

This means that state and local governments should not assume that any user, device or application is safe, even if they are inside the network perimeter. State and local governments, as well as educational institutions, have become increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks in recent years.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It’s a precarious time for state and local governments. Bad actors have grown more sophisticated and discovered new ways to attack agencies, resulting in several notable incursions. Meanwhile, identity fraud has become a serious problem for local agencies.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Government agencies consistently seek qualified talent to help with tech implementations. Training current personnel could be a powerful solution that helps state and local governments fill the skills gap.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Government agencies handle vast volumes of bureaucratic documents daily, ranging from tax forms to medical records. By integrating human review into the artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workflow, government agencies maintain quality control.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Social Security cards, birth certificates, and proof of disability are crucial for accessing services and applying for housing. Opening their phone, they were able to provide copies of their ID, Social Security card, and even a fully signed copy of their intake forms with the HOPICS case manager who set them up with Kiip.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

When considering the migration of your legacy applications to a secure, multi-tenant cloud solution, consider the wise words of Albert Einstein, “We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” When seeking a cloud-based ERP solution, security is paramount.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The recent Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy update contains important cloud computing language that aligns with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) approach to building CJIS compliant solutions. The CJIS policy changes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Public sector organizations operate in an increasingly complex environment, managing diverse workloads and maintaining a high level of security. By providing a flexible, scalable, and context-aware authorization framework, it addresses the most complex access control challenges faced by government agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lire cet article en Français Provincial and municipal governments are increasingly adopting cloud technology to transform the security and efficiency of their technology solutions. Government institutions across Canada are leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and resilient computing environments.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 30, 2023

Digital transformation and modernization activities were fast-tracked across the public sector to allow government agencies to operate at full capacity under unusual circumstances. Furthermore, cloud-based applications can receive updates as soon as they are available, providing increased functionality and security.

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Microsoft Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is a common architecture we see throughout State and Local Government customers (figure 1). For the public sector, agencies (or companies) are typically managed centrally by the State, City, or County’s central IT team: Figure 1 The operations or central IT team manages the tenant on behalf of the hosted agencies.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In the intricate web of government agencies, the smooth exchange of data is paramount to provide citizens seamless access to digital services. Multiple agencies need to manage data sensitivity and confidentiality, which, if leaked or stolen, can be detrimental to both the citizen and the reputation of the government.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In this post, learn use cases for digital twins, plus how to create an open-source digital twin sample front-end application built with AWS Amplify , Amazon Cognito , and AWS IoT Core that you can use as a starting point for building efficient, scalable, and secure digital twin solutions.

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State Tech Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2022

Hybrid work is the reality for most organizations, including state and local government agencies. Agencies must prepare for their onsite employees to switch to telework at any time — and, more important from a security perspective, for their teleworkers to return to the office.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Today, government IT teams find themselves navigating a labyrinth of security controls, compliance requirements, and risk management practices. As a result, by embracing a multi-cloud strategy, government agencies must also be prepared to address a series of operational and security challenges.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The initiative brings together a coalition of Fortune 500 companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders to better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

In this blog post, explore these top 10 priorities and how state and local leaders can use AWS to support them. Strategically managing cyber risk and improving security posture continues to be a critical need as threats become more advanced and pervasive.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Courts and other justice and public safety organizations are targeted by a rising number of cyber events , as the digitization of paper workloads increases the amount of sensitive data requiring secure storage.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Successful digital transformation depends on being able to work across silos, which are a common feature of central and regional government agencies. For people experiencing homelessness, securing and keeping track of the documents needed for identification and to secure benefits can be a challenge.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 29, 2023

As citizens of local municipalities, cities, and states we rely on local government agencies every day to ensure we have critical services such as water, sewers, transportation, schools, health service, and emergency services. Reinforce your security defenses with a data loss prevention plan.

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Government Technology Insider

JANUARY 4, 2023

While all levels of government – federal, state, and local – are affected, local government agencies are often the hardest hit due to a lack of staffing and resources for robust cyber defenses. One notable benefit of whole-of-state security is the reduced duplication of data and effort.

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GovPilot

AUGUST 30, 2022

Local government human resources professionals play a vital role in securing talent for public agencies. But as the Great Resignation leaves its mark, state and government agencies face the highest number of job openings in recent decades.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The average (mean) cost for state and local government organizations to recover from a ransomware attack was $2.83 This is a sample of the data in the “State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2024 report.” Through PSTA, member organizations can learn about specific cyber-threats targeting local governments.”

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2025

This platform should be user-friendly with robust search capabilities, clear access routes, and strong governance protocols. Key points to consider: An authoritative single point-of-entry to access major regional and local government datasets, whether held in the platform itself or elsewhere.

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Government Technology Insider

JANUARY 11, 2024

Data has the potential to simplify delivery of public services, boost agency efficiency, and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse while enabling more informed decision making. Many state and local governments still rely on legacy technology to collect data and analyze financial information. Ready to maximize the value of your data?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

While the new CMS policy is a positive step toward breaking the recidivism cycle, implementation is not straightforward—especially given compliance issues and the siloed nature of both government agencies and recordkeeping.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Virtually all federal, state, and local government agencies must adhere to various data retention and records management policies, regulations, and laws. Data security and retention. Federated secure messaging and storage. The record-keeping imperative.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These attacks target a broad range of industries and organizations, from water security to rural health care , via external targeting and insider threats. Today at the Google Public Sector Summit, we’re proud to unveil several new announcements around our security solutions. Read about all of the details below.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 27, 2025

Highlighting findings from NASCIO 2024 Mid-Year Conference and a study on AI implementation, this article looks at the opportunities and challenges AI presents for government leaders. While agency employees are concerned with impacts on their jobs, constituents are more worried about data security and privacy.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It will have the same security, availability, and performance that existing Regions provide our customers. Cheow Hoe and his team overcame challenges by working with AWS to define and build an AWS Dedicated Local Zone to meet stringent data isolation and security requirements.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As a pioneer in AI , we have spent the last two decades leveraging AI to organize the world’s information, make it useful, and to bring commercial-grade data analytics, security and gen AI to the public sector. Our approach to security uses encryption and zero trust controls to build security directly into the application.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Numerous local governments have taken huge strides in just the past year to embrace emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology, whether applying it to streamline government tasks or simply establishing guidelines for its usage. Securing government backstops for high-value AI public works.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

In San Diego, the second largest city in California and the eighth largest county in the nation, The Regional Task F orce on Homelessness (RTFH) serves as the CoC’s lead agency and oversees its HMIS system. Do you have questions about how AWS can help your government agency provide innovative services for constituents?

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