AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

Precise also worked with the agency to obtain an Authorization to Operate (ATO) for security clearance to use the MLaaS platform. For compliance, the agency must review and, in some cases, update each page of a document to make sure all text aligns with accessibility requirements.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

Agentic AI AI systems that act autonomously to access and synthesize relevant information is poised to positively impact government agencies ability to deliver quality citizen services efficiently. Lets explore agentic AI, its benefits and how implementing it on-premises can help with data control and security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

The Bahrain Economic Development Board and the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) have helped establish policies and infrastructure that encourage both public and private-sector cloud adoption. In 2020, Bahrain established the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) to strengthen digital security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

million Americans with visual impairments face barriers accessing critical government information. This automated process maintains document privacy, while giving visually impaired citizens independent access to important information. Equal access to public communications is both a legal requirement and essential service.

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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 cloud-based encryption key management language was also updated.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Furthermore, the sensitive nature of genomic data mandates a secure environment for processing and storage. Solution overview The main objective of this solution is to implement version control for workflow files and establish a robust security posture by scanning for vulnerabilities in containers pulled from public repositories.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

Information on hosting workloads in AWS GovCloud (US) is available on this webpage. While all AWS global regions are secure, it is important for U.S. AWS Organizations and an appropriate multi-account strategy are necessary elements of a security architecture. Security Reference Architecture for U.S. commercial regions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 1, 2025

The implementation of an operational data store (ODS) presents a viable solution. In this new reality, critical information is dispersed across numerous relational and noSQL databases, each serving distinct modules within the Medicaid framework. Architecture Now we will dive deep into the architecture of the ODS.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 18, 2025

Dominic Norton, Sales Director at Spitfire Network Services Ltd, discusses the evolution of security, focusing on the shift from physical to digital vulnerabilities, including securing IoT devices in the public sector Not long ago, securing a public sector site, whether a government office, school, or transport hub, was largely a physical process.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has collaborated with the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to tailor advice on how UK public sector customers can use the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA) to help meet the NCSC’s guidance on “ using cloud services securely.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Justice and public safety agencies and their solution providers are building highly available, resilient, and secure applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS) at a rapid pace. When AWS launched these CJIS Security compliance innovations in early 2019, we did so with reference to our AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.

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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. Proposals to participate are due Sept 1, 2024.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

To support federal customers in addressing these challenges, Amazon Web Services (AWS) developed the Data Fabric Security (DFS) on AWS solution to support the identity and access needs of a multi-organization system. This will facilitate agile and secure data sharing with their providers.

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Public sector organizations operate in an increasingly complex environment, managing diverse workloads and maintaining a high level of security. Consequently, these organizations must implement systems with fine-grained access controls to make sure that only authorized individuals can view the data they are permitted to access.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This post explains how healthcare organizations and partners can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build secure and scalable infrastructure for secondary usage of health data in alignment with the European Health Data Space (EHDS). A centralized data catalog, potentially on AWS Data Exchange , provides product information.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Mahna has more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and information technology. Local governments have been a unique entity in the cyber-security landscape because of their lack of ability to pay ransomware,” Mahna explains.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

We explore the different security considerations for each protocol based on guidance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Finally, we highlight how Amazon Web Services (AWS) services can help address these security considerations. It can detect abnormal behavior and alert you to any potential security issues.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 15, 2025

In our previous posts about how public sector organizations can secure their Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, we introduced the AWS IoT family of services in Secure your organizations Internet of Things devices using AWS IoT , and we dove deep into IoT communications with 4 common IoT protocols and their security considerations.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 5, 2025

In an era of escalating cyber threats, the healthcare sector, a prime target for data breaches, requires robust security. However, as digital capabilities expand, so do cybersecurity threats targeting sensitive patient information.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Andy Hanks, who formerly served as Montana’s CISO, was once reminded the hard way to ensure that vendor contracts contain thorough security policies. Some years ago in Montana, a partner organization was struck with…

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In today's digital age, securing an organization's information is more critical than ever. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) stood up a program called Secure Cloud Business Applications (SCuBA). Thus, the ScubaGear tool was born. What is ScubaGear?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Launched in 2020, StateRAMP was designed by its board of directors to support state entities that want to leverage cloud-based services in a secure way. The impact level is based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-60r1 , which outlines how to map information and information systems to various security categories.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

AWS Partner ScaleCapacity automated the Nebraska Judicial Branch’s document management system and introduced a generative AI feature, with the goal to enable attorneys to swiftly access data and information from any case exhibit. In the public sector, security and compliance are pivotal aspects of digital transformation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

So if youre a government leader and you want to get up to speed on all the essential information and insights from AWS re:Invent 2024, weve compiled what youre looking for here. Unlock the power of your data to deliver business insights The ability to make quick decisions in a secure manner is a critical advantage for the US Armed Forces.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Microsoft Security Copilot and NIST 800-171 It is with bated breath that we await the publication of a Proposed Rule and final draft of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0. Implementation and management of cybersecurity technology, to meet a regulatory requirement or not, has financial implications.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

However, with these benefits come challenges to meet regulatory and compliance requirements surrounding data privacy and security. As customers move more data to the cloud, it becomes increasingly important to take necessary precautions and measures to prevent sensitive information from unauthorized access or use.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The data deluge: Challenges of managing and analyzing information In the modern law enforcement landscape, the emergence of real-time crime centers has opened possibilities and presented significant challenges. Navigating the information flood. This ensures ease of maintenance and access to critical information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) develops innovative solutions to address challenging digital engineering requirements for US government customers. This continuous awareness of system data has enhanced threat detection and the security of IT systems and reduced time to achieve an ATO.

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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

For example, agencies stood up new solutions, augmented their epidemiologic data with other data sources, or looked to their local Health information Exchange (HIE) for support. CyncHealth’s expertise in managing these types of clinical data accelerated the implementation process.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

As a result, sensitive information—including personal family issues, behavioral data, and financial information—was stolen by hackers and disclosed. According to Arden Peterkin, information security officer at Gwinnett County (Ga.) Education is also part of the ongoing effort by AWS to help schools stay safe.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 22, 2025

Everyday frustrations included hours spent redacting personally identifiable information from evidence submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as well as collating and analyzing data to build a case. We knew we wanted to host any future solutions in a secure, scalable cloud. The AI tool has a human-in-the-loop.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

GraphQL is a query language and server-side runtime system for application programming interfaces (APIs) that prioritizes giving clients exactly the information they request and no more. GraphQL implementation options on AWS There are two ways to run GraphQL implementations on AWS. AWS AppSync is available in most AWS Regions.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2024

Both apps have been foundational to LAUSD’s campus security strategy. Because the district’s data contained sensitive student health information and images, the data had to be encrypted during transit and migrated securely. To support Kokomo’s migration, AWS worked to validate the architecture and help with security assessments.

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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.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Agencies can no longer rely on traditional network access methods, such as virtual private networks (VPN) and conventional wide-area network (WAN) technologies, to provide employees and users with a reliable and secure remote access experience. model for securing internet points of presence and external connections for the government.

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