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

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Luckily, state and local governments can rely on sandboxing, a time-tested method to thwart attackers. There, it’s prodded and watched (also known as being “detonated”) to see how it responds to standard programs and operating systems such as Windows and Linux. The onslaught of malware never ends.

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State Tech Magazine

JULY 31, 2023

Previously, the governor established the state’s first Joint Security Operations Center and based it in Brooklyn. As chief cyber officer, Ahern manages cybersecurity threat assessment, mitigation and response for the state and across the interagency government enterprise. In June 2022, New York Gov.

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State Tech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

State and local governments have the crucial responsibility of protecting essential utilities and citizen data from cyberattacks.

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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

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A cloud marketplace is operated by a cloud service provider (CSP) and serves as a place for customers to browse and subscribe to software applications and developer services that are built on, integrate with, or supplement the CSP’s main offering. A cloud marketplace provides broad access to these solutions.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2023

State and local governments have long had good reasons to operate IT infrastructure on-premises, particularly when it comes to data storage. Some data, such as information that includes citizens’ Social Security numbers, is too sensitive to quickly trust its care to others.

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Citizens count on state and local governments to maintain essential digital services and properly handle a plethora of sensitive data. Major disruptions to government operations can have a major impact on public life. Agencies must ensure the continuity of operations even in these situations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA) is a solution to automate the deployment of a secure cloud foundation on Amazon Web Services (AWS). With this solution, customers with highly-regulated workloads and complex compliance requirements can better manage and govern their multi-account environment.

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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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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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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2023

State and local governments have long had good reasons to operate IT infrastructure on-premises, particularly when it comes to data storage. Some data, such as information that includes citizens’ Social Security numbers, is too sensitive to quickly trust its care to others.

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State Tech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

State and local governments began moving workloads to the cloud years ago, but the pace accelerated during to the pandemic. In the hybrid cloud scenario, applications run in a combination of private and public cloud environments, on-premises data centers and edge locations. The benefits of reducing cost…

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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. Instead of each entity performing their own assessment, the state can leverage a single authorization to operate (ATO). How is StateRAMP different than FedRAMP?

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As the complexity and volume of cyberattacks continue to increase, there’s an urgent need for state and local governments to work together to manage their risk. In this approach, state government works closely with city and county governments to prevent and prepare for incidents, and to provide support when incidents occur. “At

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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.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Courts and other public safety organizations are being targeted by a rising number of cyber events,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. The AWS GovTech Accelerator was created to support the development of technologies that can address these challenges.

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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. Transportation agencies need to manage access to critical infrastructure, operations data, and emergency response systems. Actions What operations are governed?

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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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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

In state and local governments, much of the operational technology (OT) that monitors and controls critical infrastructure is based on legacy technology. They may lack modern security features, and they are difficult to patch and update,” said Bryan Schneider, Director, Public Sector, with Fortinet.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 6, 2025

Expanding a solid partnership Precise is a certified small business and SBA 8(a) program participant that provides services and solutions that help federal, state, and local government organizations enhance and expand their IT capabilities.

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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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GovLoop

DECEMBER 20, 2024

For state and local governments and educational institutions, the threat landscape can seem increasingly daunting. In this video interview, McLellan discusses whole-of-state security and related measures that can help state, local and educational organizations to strengthen their cyber posture.

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State Tech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

To streamline application development in support of everything from back-end business processes to constituent-facing services, state and local governments have embraced DevSecOps. This combination of development, security and operations helps to streamline and speed the development pipeline. What Is Platform Engineering?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Varnado and his team realized that moving to the cloud could enhance storage, availability, and security – reducing paper logs, improving agency communication, and making sure dispatch operations can relocate to anywhere with an internet connection and be up and running in minutes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

For public safety agencies, secure collaboration and situational awareness are essential to preparedness and response. First responders need secure, uninterrupted communication to help them get oriented quickly and support complex coordination efforts.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 11, 2024

Leaders in education and state and local government know that technology is changing at a rapid pace. From July 23-24 in Austin, Texas , join more than 500 leaders across education and state and local government to learn how advancements in cloud technology are shaping the future of education and public services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Citizens expect governments to continue to operate despite floods or heat waves endangering data centers, malicious actions taken against IT infrastructure, or power grid failures. This means they can focus on the operational aspects of maintaining key government services using the range of continuity options AWS provides.

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Google Public Sector

DECEMBER 30, 2024

We are also providing improved data accessibility through integration with existing data sources, and bolstering security by leveraging Google Cloud's robust security infrastructure. Google Cloud provides the most extensive data center footprint for FedRAMP High workloads of any cloud service provider, with nine U.S.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 21, 2024

Cities and counties are beefing up their IT security, and that makes sense, says Augustine Boateng , interim chief information officer (CIO) in Memphis, Tenn. It’s important to note that local governments have developed a reputation over the years for having lackluster cybersecurity; and not without good reason.

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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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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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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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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This helps local governments rehabilitate road infrastructures and connect underserved communities in countries like Mexico, Peru, and Tunisia. Alteia provides the security and observability of their platform using Amazon GuardDuty for threat detection and Amazon CloudWatch for monitoring and logging. Get inspired.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

While modernizing CSDs is crucial for healthcare systems, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is making significant efforts to support the healthcare industry through innovative cloud technologies to improve patient care, manage healthcare data securely, and reduce costs. AWS Direct Connect and AWS VPN connections ensure secure data transfer.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

In Virginia, the Commonwealth Data Trust is the legal framework that facilitates data sharing between public and private organizations through contractual agreements that define the responsibilities of data trust users to keep trust provided data assets secure, private, and confidential. Not everyone has a secure environment at all times.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 16, 2023

The county recognizes that maintaining its data centers will increase operational expenditures for the next five years, a problem that would undermine its mission. This means the migration will maintain the same level of security, compliance, and performance agencies expect from their existing VMware environment.

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