AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance
Getting drugs to market faster through better health data management on AWS
In this post, we explore how healthcare and life sciences organizations can embrace the data mesh and data as a product (DaaP) principles to unlock the full potential of their health data, drive faster and more efficient drug development, and ultimately, bring life-saving treatments to patients more quickly. We also showcase the Amazon Web Services (AWS) services that support the journey towards effective data management and alignment with data mesh principles.
University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services
In January 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) inaugurated a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The CIC uses emerging technologies to solve real-world problems and has produced more than 50 prototypes in sectors like healthcare, education, and research. The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers. This post discusses the management of AWS in higher education institutions, emphasizing governance to securely foster innovation without compromising security and detailing policies and responsibilities for managing AWS accounts across projects and research.
Happy Sad app leverages AWS generative AI to improve student well-being
The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on students’ mental health and well-being. In fact, a staggering 87 percent of public schools reported that the pandemic had negatively impacted their students’ social-emotional development during the 2021–2022 school year. These effects have lingered long past the pandemic, and students’ social-emotional well-being remains a primary concern of administrators, teachers, and parents. To address this ongoing crisis, The Happy Sad Company was founded. Collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS), they strategically planned, scaled, and launched an app to help teachers, parents, and students gain a better understanding of how things are going.
AWS Canada launches $5 million Provincial and Municipal Cyber Grant Program
On September 11, 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of the Provincial and Municipal Cyber Grant Program across Canada at the AWS Summit in Toronto. To help provincial and municipal governments implement cloud-based cybersecurity solutions, AWS is investing $5 million CAD in AWS credits to new and existing AWS customers.
Generative AI as a force for good in facilitating cyber-resiliency in public sector organizations
The Digital Transformation Hub (DxHub) at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo – powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and part of the AWS Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) program – collaborated with the City of San Diego and the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE) to create ‘My eCISO,’ a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-based application that propels public and private organizations on a path to cyber resiliency. This post explores the technology behind My eCISO and its implications for organizations looking to protect against attacks.
Elevating credit unions: Transforming core banking on the AWS Cloud
Credit unions play a crucial role in communities by providing a diverse range of financial services driven by their members’ needs. These services, supported by core banking applications, form the backbone of credit union operations. Traditionally, credit unions use legacy systems for their core banking applications, such as lending, payments, and deposits. But these systems are monolithic, expensive, and lack open architecture, impacting credit unions’ abilities to deploy changes based on market demands. In this digital age, cloud computing offers a transformative solution, and as we will explain in this post, Amazon Web Services (AWS) stands at the forefront.
Dispelling the top 8 cloud myths holding back Canadian public sector IT transformation
This post addresses eight common misconceptions about cloud computing held by Canadian public sector organizations. It covers cloud security, cost savings, value beyond expenses, and cloud providers’ investments in Canada. The insights shared will equip public sector leaders to make informed decisions and leverage cloud computing’s potential.
National framework for AI assurance in Australian government: Guidance when building with AWS AI/ML solutions
As Australia moves forward with a national framework for the assurance of artificial intelligence (AI) in government, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to helping our customers implement AI solutions that align with Australia’s AI Ethics Principles. This post outlines how AWS tools and services can support government agencies in adhering to Australia’s AI Ethics Principles when developing AI and machine learning (ML) solutions. The post includes a focus on implementation to help Australian governments responsibly innovate whilst maintaining cloud-based agility.
The AWS approach to accelerating innovation and procurement with state agencies
Despite a common misconception about government, state agencies regularly innovate on behalf of their constituents. In this post, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experts share examples of innovation from New Mexico and North Carolina. We also provide tips for accelerating procurement and maintaining visibility over rapidly implemented workloads.
Documenting the use of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups in DoD
Many Amazon Web Service (AWS) customers in regulated environments such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) struggle to gain security approval to take advantage of the scaling of Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2) using its Auto Scaling capabilities. This is often attributed to configuration management, total asset inventory, compliance with agency third-party security tools, and agency authorization documentation. This post provides AWS recommended best practices for implementing EC2 Auto Scaling in DoD environments.