Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Artificial intelligence is not just a technological advancement; it's a national security priority. Championing a culture of AI innovation can bolster security and drive significant mission impact. Security and AI leadership in action: CalHEERS and Covered California In the U.S.,

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Many agencies have adapted to this reality by orchestrating security solutions suitable for a distributed workforce. According to Gartner, government agencies should integrate security tools under centralized management to gain maximum collaboration between their platforms. Vince Hwang, senior director of cloud security and…

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

In an increasingly digital world, governments and public sector entities are seeking secure and efficient ways to use cloud technologies. In this post, I share how we at AWS are collaborating with national cyber regulators and other public sector entities to enable secure adoption of the AWS Cloud across countries public sectors.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Cities and counties have started deploying servers and data centers at the network’s edge in support of everything from water infrastructure to real-time traffic controls, power grid management and more. By moving compute instances close to data sources, they’re able to deliver real-time analytics and other key capabilities.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

Physical security will continue to be a top priority for state and local government IT decision-makers in 2025, especially as digital technology becomes more deeply embedded in the protection of people, property and physical assets.

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State Tech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2025

In Cobb County, Ga., outside of Atlanta, members of an organized theft ring ran out of a store with armloads of expensive athletic wear, hopped in a getaway car with a covered license plate and sped off out of the countys jurisdiction.

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State Tech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

But 9 times out of 10, what we’re really talking about is Software as a Service, especially among state and local government agencies that don’t necessarily have the in-house staff to develop, manage and secure their own apps in the cloud.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The long-term plan is to guide emerging technology companies, allowing them to defend against a range of national security threats, particularly from nation-state actors. This shows a joint effort between the Five Eyes nations in addressing common security challenges.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Reliable electricity is essential to the conveniences of modern life and vital to our nation’s economy and security. But the electricity grid is an attractive target for cyberattacks from U.S. adversaries—such as nations like China and Russia, as.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

To support their effective security and management, election campaigns and committees need access to the latest industry-leading security services and resources, regardless of their budget. Wickr provides a secure, end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service that is easy-to-use and works across all devices.

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Careers in Government

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Creating a secure work environment is crucial for government employees who handle sensitive information remotely. The post Remote Work Risks: How Government Employees Can Stay Secure appeared first on Careers in Government.

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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2024

A multicloud environment offers numerous benefits, including a high degree of scalability and flexibility, but it also presents security challenges. State and local government IT leaders should consider these four steps to remove complexity from their cloud security environments and keep resources safe from attack.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

Agencies need to confront the growing problem of shadow artificial intelligence through policy updates and the implementation of new security measures. Microsoft and LinkedIn found 78% of AI users bring their own tools to work, and 52% are reluctant to admit using it, according to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

These attacks impact the security of sensitive data and can also cost millions of dollars — at a time when states and cities are already facing tight budgets. State and local governments face cyberthreats that are expanding at an alarming rate. Since last year, cyberattacks against local governments increased by 70 percent.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The quantum clock is more accurate than ever before, it will lose less than one second over billions of year, providing a level of precision that will be revolutionary for military navigations to secure communications. The post The UK’s quantum clock: Changing military precision and security appeared first on Open Access Government.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These two issues are closely connected: As states pursue ways to offer new services to citizens and improve current ones, they also face greater security challenges. The nature of state government IT operations can create additional security challenges.

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Careers in Government

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The post Navigating a Career in Government with Data and Security Expertise appeared first on Careers in Government. In government, data science drives everything from traffic optimization to predicting economic trends.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

AUGUST 6, 2024

Generations of Americans have relied on Social Security as a key source of retirement income. But the entitlement program faces serious financial challenges that, if left unaddressed, could leave it unable to pay scheduled benefits in full starting.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

If youre working in highly regulated industries like the federal government or national security, you face unique challengesfrom managing complex legacy systems with accumulated technical debt to keeping pace with rapidly evolving technologies. Customers can switch seamlessly between self-hosted LLMs and externally hosted models.

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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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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

spends billions of dollars to train and equip foreign security forces in order to address global threats such as terrorism and narcotics trafficking. But is this assistance working? Today’s WatchBlog post looks at our two recent reports.

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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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State Tech Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2025

The prank sounds harmless enough: High school students wait until dark, pour soap into a public fountain and laugh as it fills up with bubbles. But when it happened 17 times in one year ruining several $30,000 pumps and requiring a two-day cleanup process each time city officials in Opelika, Ala.,

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

OCTOBER 8, 2024

For more than 20 years, people living in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have experienced violence at the hands of about 120 armed groups and Congolese security forces. Some of these armed groups fund their activities.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2023

New Jersey Judiciary CIO Jack McCarthy was faced with a challenge: how to ensure these newly remote workers could securely access sensitive systems using legacy architecture. McCarthy turned to solutions from Zscaler and started to forge a path toward zero-trust security.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 28, 2024

As the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud provider, we recognize our role and responsibility in supporting customers to use health data securely and responsibly. At AWS, security will always be our top priority. AWS is architected to be the most secure cloud computing environment available today.

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GovLoop

APRIL 14, 2025

As agencies become more complex and disbursed, their individual security systems some focused on physical access, such as video surveillance, and some on cyber threats become difficult to manage. You know, the ultimate goal is really empowering your security team to make better decisions.

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FedTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2025

The reality is that government networks may have a lot of connected equipment that IT staff dont manage or care about, which can create headaches for security teams. Ideally, in such situations, the security team will tell IT that if an asset is on the network, it needs to be in a configuration management database.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

APRIL 1, 2025

What to expect from the new Cyber Security and Resilience Bill The Bill will focus on improving the security of key services, such as healthcare, energy, and IT providers, that keep the economy running. Under the new regulations, approximately 1,000 service providers will be required to meet higher cyber security standards.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In todays digital landscape, federal agencies face unprecedented challenges in securing their complex information technology (IT) infrastructure. Map your zero trust strategy to the AWS zero trust guidance, and leverage services and best practices from AWS to design a robust and secure architecture.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 24, 2024

However, the use of consumer-grade messaging applications poses significant security and sovereignty risks for Australian government agencies, making it difficult to meet governmental information management obligations. Data remains protected from unauthorized access, interception, and tampering as it travels from one endpoint to another.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As state and local government agencies modernize IT infrastructure to support hybrid work environments and cutting-edge citizen services, they also find themselves having to secure access to a mix of modern and legacy systems. Enter identity and access management.

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FedTech Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In fact, in fiscal 2023, agencies reported more than 32,000 cyber incidents to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, a jump of almost 10 percent over the number disclosed in 2022. “Risks to our nation’s essential technology systems are increasing.”

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

AI is rapidly reshaping the public sector, ushering in a new era of intelligent and AI-powered service delivery and mission impact. Chief AI Officers (CAIOs) and other agency leaders play a critical role as AI becomes more pervasive.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

In 2020, Bahrain established the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) to strengthen digital security. By using cloud infrastructure, Bahrain has enhanced the security of its services, increased system reliability, and enabled data-driven decisions across government entities.

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State Tech Magazine

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The colocation provider handles cooling, building security, network connectivity, environment monitoring, maintenance and power infrastructure. While state and local agencies may have their own data centers, colocation offers an alternative. With colo, government entities fill rented space with their own IT equipment.

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