AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is proud to join senior decision-makers and thought leaders from around the world at the 60th edition of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from February 16-18. MSC is a leading global forum for discussing the most pressing international security challenges.

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iGrantWriters

DECEMBER 20, 2021

-Canada Partnership Pillar Bolstering Security and Defense, including, but not limited to: â?¢ Programs on Law Enforcement Co-Operation and Countering Violent and Ideologically Motivated Extremism â?¢ Programs on Countering Disinformation and Promoting Cybersecurity Deadline To Apply July 06, 2022 Â and Canada â?¢

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

re:Invent 2022 included a slew of new service and feature announcements, with something to offer for every industry. Many schools and education service agencies are looking for ways to securely share, store, analyze, and visualize data for a variety of use cases. New services to securely share, govern, and collaborate on data.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Georgia Department of Revenue was operating on outdated infrastructure. Another factor was security and compliance, as it relates to managing this tax information, and the sensitive nature of the information contained within the repository as well. Williams believed modernizing ultimately would save his agency money.

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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. Other research indicates 34% of local governments worldwide were hit by ransomware in 2022 2. You don’t have to re-architect everything.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Mark Warren, Product Specialist at Osirium, explains why privileged access poses security issues in the public sector Government organisations are the backbone of the UK. Unfortunately, this is a trend that shows no signs of slowing, with the August 2022 supply chain attack affecting the National Health Service (NHS) being a prime example.

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GCN

AUGUST 23, 2022

State and local officials, along with representatives from federal agencies and election industry companies, participated in the “Tabletop the Vote” exercise to prepare for a range of hypothetical risks to election operations.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 30, 2023

In fact, in an eight-month period from January 2022, UK councils experienced 2.3 The shift to the cloud has rendered traditional approaches to security obsolete The shift to the cloud has rendered traditional approaches to security, using trusted IP addresses and perimeter firewalls, obsolete. Where does it end up?

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FedTech Magazine

JULY 17, 2023

Cyberattacks against government agencies have risen significantly since the introduction of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Such attacks increased 95 percent in the second half of 2022 compared with the same time period in 2021, according to CloudSEK.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 25, 2022

For example, this year’s federal and state government panels address third party risk management, cyber risk, and organizational resiliency and operational risks. For example, Carayiannis noted that on the local government track, the Chief Security Officers for San Francisco and Boston will be leading a discussion on cyber security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

On Tuesday, November 29 at re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Max Peterson, vice president of Amazon Web Services (AWS) worldwide public sector, spoke about how the transformative power of the cloud is enabling organizations to move with speed and agility while making sure mission-critical workloads stay secure and protected.

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Partnership for Public Service

JULY 17, 2023

Almost every American will interact with the Social Security Administration at some point in their lives—from receiving a Social Security number at birth to accessing Social Security as retirement nears. That’s why the agency launched a redesigned website in December 2022 to better meet customer needs and expectations.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Despite an abundance of mandates and advisories, government agencies often struggle to accurately identify and protect against security vulnerabilities and attacks in the applications they develop and use. Pre-execution security controls (like IPS, NGF, WAF, etc.) Pre-execution security controls (like IPS, NGF, WAF, etc.)

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GovLoop

MAY 25, 2023

Cyber experts often emphasize that there’s no silver bullet for improving the security of government systems. A High-Level View According to the 2022 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the global cyber workforce has reached 4.7 The federal government has increased efforts to improve the security of the software supply chain.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 3, 2024

However, this attack was not a one-off incident, as security threats across all local councils have significantly increased over the last few years. Between March 2022 and 2023, cyberattacks across the entire Sefton council increased up to 50 per cent. Threat actors are quick to exploit these vulnerabilities.

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FedTech Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Government Accountability Office recently released a new strategic plan that will guide efforts from 2022 to 2027 as the agency aids federal operations and addresses the most critical issues facing the nation’s government and society as a whole. National security…

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GovLoop

JANUARY 22, 2024

According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), zero trust is an approach that restricts access to data, networks, and infrastructure to the bare minimum necessary, continuously verifying the legitimacy of such access. Network security. 30, 2024, the end of the fiscal year.

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A Library Writer's Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

Proposals for the 2022 Core Forum are now being accepted CFP URL: [link] About Core The Core Forum will be the inaugural conference for ALA’s newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, and ALA’s first in-person event since the pandemic began. We emphasize the role of assessment in demonstrating the impacts of our libraries.

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Meet the 2022 Sammies honorees. Safety, Security and International Affairs Medal: Hilary Ingraham, Holly Herrera and Kiera Berdinner, State Department. The Safety, Security and International Affairs Medal went to Hilary Ingraham, Holly Herrera, Kiera Berdinner and the Operation Allies Welcome Resettlement Team.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

To modernize their healthcare infrastructure and improve data security, Bavarian hospital Fachklinikum Mainschleife , in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Kite Consult and consulting firm Oberender AG , undertook a massive initiative: the migration of their entire IT infrastructure to AWS.

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GovLoop

JUNE 21, 2023

“Cybersecurity for state and local governments is just as important as efforts at the federal level, and frequently, they lack the resources, technical know-how, and situational awareness to secure their systems, or respond in the event of an attack,” said former Sen. In February 2022, New York Gov.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Today, the European Commission announced that the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund has approved nearly €1 billion in investments for deep tech companies since it commenced operations in September 2022 The EIC Fund, was established under Horizon Europe to back groundbreaking technologies and innovations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Today at AWS re:Invent 2022 , Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it successfully ran a suite of AWS compute and machine learning (ML) software on an orbiting satellite, in a first-of-its-kind space experiment. Image courtesy D-Orbit. Photo courtesy D-Orbit. The team began running its experiments a few weeks later.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as of October 11, 2022, the US has sustained 15 weather/climate disaster events, with losses exceeding $1 billion each, the deaths of 342 people, and significant economic effects on the areas impacted. Not just for our agency, but for the people that we serve.”.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and severe, as shown in our latest 2022 Threat Report. For the public sector specifically, the key is strengthening cyber defences and maintaining citizen operations around the clock, which calls for organisations to make significant investments in sophisticated tools and highly skilled staff.

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Google Public Sector

MARCH 21, 2023

In 2020, Google Cloud introduced a digital sovereignty vision that included three distinct pillars: data sovereignty, operational sovereignty, and software sovereignty. GDC Hosted includes the hardware, software, local control plane, and operational tooling necessary to deploy, operate, scale, and secure a complete managed cloud.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 15, 2022

Dr Francis Gaffney, Senior Director – Mimecast Labs & Future Operations at Mimecast, charts the road to quantum-enabled cybersecurity. Concerned about the potential threat these machines pose to the security of data across government and private organisations, since 2017 the U.S. Security implications for organisations.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 27, 2023

“If you can’t hire enough experienced security professionals, why not outsource routine, repetitive tasks? Or jobs that someone else has figured out how to automate?” – 2022 Cyberthreat Defense Report An agency’s limited budget or staff shortages doesn’t negate their need for strong cybersecurity. Favorite

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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. Focus on security attacks before they happen. The need for constant re-evaluation of cyber security.

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GovLoop

MAY 2, 2023

For example, when Log4J was discovered in 2022, it had no impact on Check Point customers, Plesich explained. A solution to this problem starts with an annual operations review — identifying an agency’s cyber assets. In addition to the review, Check Point helps its government customers consolidate their security tools.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

95% of cybersecurity issues can be traced to Human error, states the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2022. Human error is by far the biggest cause of security incidents and tack- ling this is key for reducing attacks. Security Awareness Training is by far the best place to start. Password Security.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Kathy Hochul announced in July 2022 the formation of the Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC) to “serve as the nerve center for joint local, state and federal cyber efforts, including data collection, response efforts and information sharing.”. To meet that challenge, New York Gov. Get the guide. Favorite.

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California Department of Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2022 – Each January 15, CDT publishes an annual report that measures the performance of the State IT community—and 2023 was a year filled with everything from developing a Digital ID ecosystem to creating a statewide Digital Strategy to stabilizing critical services.

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Government Technology Insider

MARCH 9, 2023

Human vulnerabilities played a significant role in 82 percent of last year’s breaches according to the 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report. percent of employees click on phishing emails according to the 2022 DBIR, it’s enough to cause major damage and make phishing the most common social engineering attack. Although only 2.9

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Google Public Sector

JUNE 27, 2023

The skills gap is even more alarming given the more than 41% increase in the number of cybercrime victims between 2021 and 2022. For instance, the ability to follow national and international privacy and security standards earns trust with customers and partners who expect their data to be protected at every moment.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

At the AWS Summit New Delhi and AWS Summit Singapore, AWS leaders and customers shared stories of how they’re innovating, improving citizens’ lives, transforming their operations, and creating technology that can scale for social good. And, in 2022 alone, AWS created 1,000 jobs in Singapore. AWS Summit New Delhi.

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GovCast

JULY 6, 2022

With the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in the books, Special Operations Command CIO Peter Tragakis discusses his tech priorities.

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