AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

Many organizations within state and local government (SLG) and education must build digital environments and services that meet a variety of dynamic security and compliance considerations, such as StateRAMP and Federal Information Security Management Act ( FISMA ).

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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. Three procurement considerations for cybersecurity initiatives 1.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

And it’s what’s led to my joining Google Public Sector shortly after it was formed in July of 2022. Underpinning Google products and services – which provide an intuitive, personalized consumer experience – is artificial intelligence and security. It is what we have come to think of as the “Google magic.” In Dearborn, Mich.,

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

As we look toward the future, it’s clear that public sector organizations will need to continue to adapt and innovate to successfully navigate the constantly-evolving global landscape and changing needs of their end users and constituents. Today’s citizens expect a frictionless experience when interacting with government.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Google Public Sector is committed to helping advance the missions of education and government agencies through cloud technology in a secure and responsible way. Google Public Sector is investing in partner solution enablement to better serve public sector customers together.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 17, 2023

When Google Public Sector was announced in June 2022, it was a sign of Google’s strong commitment in serving the needs of U.S. federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Since then, Google Public Sector has furthered its work to accelerate the digital transformation of U.S.

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 28, 2022

We’ve offered products that address the unique needs of the public sector; built a dedicated sales force, partner ecosystem, and services organization; and worked with partners to bring joint solutions to government and educational institutions. public sector customers. public sector customers.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 15, 2023

For those joining us from the public sector, there will be great opportunities to learn how our latest advances at the intersection of AI and security can advance the mission, improve operations, and enhance constituent services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dave Levy, vice president of worldwide public sector at AWS, delivers his Innovation Talk. Dave Levy, vice president of AWS worldwide public sector, delivered his talk, “ Empowering citizens through digital innovation ,” on Monday, November 27. Singapore became the first customer to deploy an AWS Dedicated Local Zone.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2022

While the digitization of government services and operations has helped enhance the constituent experience, it has also increased the cyber threat surface for governments of all sizes. In 2020, 79 ransomware attacks hit government organizations, amounting to nearly $19 billion in downtime and recovery costs 1.

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OpenGov

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With the technology and cybersecurity challenges of state and local government increasing, we know it’s more important than ever to bring resilient, secure, and performant cloud technology to the public sector. appeared first on OpenGov.

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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 24, 2023

Public sector organizations are facing a generational shift in their workforce. On one hand, they are experiencing the impact of the “silver tsunami”, the mass retirement of baby boomers who have been the backbone of public service for decades. Teams-Tip-Sheet-Brochure-A5.pdf

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Earlier this year, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a joint advisory , warning government agencies of potential disruptions to U.S. Traditional security measures, reliant on perimeter defense, are no longer sufficient.

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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

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. Behind that technology is a cadre of public sector experts making sure things work.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Many public sector organizations are seeking to integrate solutions deployed in their on-premises environments with new cloud applications and technologies as they modernize their organizations. Despite the rapid growth of software marketplace usage in recent years, some state and local government (SLG) purchasers are holding back.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 15, 2023

For those joining us from the public sector, there will be great opportunities to learn how our latest advances at the intersection of AI and security can advance the mission, improve operations, and enhance constituent services.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

So how can public sector organizations help address this skills gap? To discuss this, Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently hosted a webinar, Rethink how to hire and retain top performing talent , which assembled a panel of government officials and workforce planning experts. I think there’s two aspects to [digital equity].

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This is a guest post by Ari Jóhannesson, chief executive officer of Andes, a cloud infrastructure and security company, in collaboration with the AWS Institute from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Andes was selected as an expert team in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, and compliance. This was expected to be a six-month project.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 30, 2023

Across the public sector, boosting agility has been a priority in digital transformation and modernization strategy. Digital transformation and modernization activities were fast-tracked across the public sector to allow government agencies to operate at full capacity under unusual circumstances.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 25, 2022

Dan Carayiannis, Archer Public Sector Director, explained that between the event being free of charge and the hybrid format, that he hopes more government cybersecurity will be able to participate. Along with a more accessible format, Public Sector Day is organized to get information to the right people.

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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 13, 2023

Partners are playing a key role in the continued digital transformation of public sector organizations. Public sector customers are asking for ways to increase the speed, accessibility, security, and resiliency of their systems and data. One partner delivering resilient and secure cloud solutions is BJSS.

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Google Public Sector

APRIL 10, 2023

However, the massive spike in caller volume and heavy strain on operations during the height of the COVID pandemic has driven government agencies to reimagine its call center experience. Google Cloud’s Contact Center AI (CCAI) and Apigee API Management are used together to modernize and improve government call center operations.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It costs real money when the public sector gets hit with a ransomware assault. 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.”

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Government Technology Insider

JANUARY 4, 2023

Over the last year, system intrusions such as those delivering ransomware have become increasingly prevalent in the public sector. 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.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In a March 2022 survey of 147 state and local government leaders by the Center for Digital Government , more than half of respondents said they plan to procure citizen-facing applications and storage and backup infrastructure in the next one to two years. However, some public sector organizations are challenged by procurement.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 16, 2023

For those joining us from the public sector, there will be great opportunities to learn how our latest advances at the intersection of AI and security can advance the mission, improve operations, and enhance constituent services.

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Google Public Sector

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Navy requires secure collaboration between teams across countries and time zones. Google Public Sector directly assists Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the largest of the U.S. Enabling secure collaboration The Navy partnered with Google Public Sector to enable Google Workspace for SRF-JRMC.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JUNE 20, 2023

Newsworthy Highlights How Microsoft 365 helps public sector organizations embrace generational diversity Empowering your workforce with modern productivity, collaboration, and security tools can help your agency embrace generational diversity and across four critical areas: recruitment, retention, productivity, and learning.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

By strategically integrating these services, we’ve built a cohesive security architecture that meets the stringent standards required for government data protection. Foundational security and compliance Our security strategy is anchored by services such as AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS ) , AWS CloudTrail , and AWS Config.

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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

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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Microsoft Public Sector

MAY 2, 2023

Designing and implementing a hybrid work model in the public sector comes with added nuances such as security and privacy concerns, limited technology resources, cultural changes, managing employee performance, and compliance with regulations. Another challenge that organizations are facing is the phenomenon of "quiet quitting."

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

State and local governments employed 20.5 Job openings in September 2024 in state and local governments in the U.S. So, if local governments need to hire qualified workers to replace those leaving, where can they turn to when recruiting? million as of October 2024, according to the U.S.

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CarahCast

JUNE 2, 2021

In this special condensed podcast, Bruce Coffing, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the City of Chicago, and Chris Covino, Policy Director for Cybersecurity for the City of Los Angeles, will summarize the insightful thoughts from the Local Government Track at RSA Public Sector Day 2021.

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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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