AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Management Tools
Updated conformance packs for Australian government security frameworks
AWS has updated its conformance packs that validate security configurations against the Australian Government’s Information Security Manual (ISM) and Essential Eight cybersecurity strategies. Read this post to learn more.
Empowering educators: How Innovation Sandbox on AWS accelerates learning objectives through secure, cost-effective, and recyclable sandbox management
In this blog, we will explore how customers can use Innovation Sandbox on AWS to transform the management of temporary sandbox environments, so that they can focus on driving innovation, skill building, and developing the next big technological breakthrough.
How the University of Minnesota Athletics built a unified data layer to drive fan engagement with AWS
The University of Minnesota Athletics Department had access to a lot of data, but lacked a way to bring it together. Even answering simple questions, like how many tickets were sold and who received them, required hours of cross-platform data wrangling. In less than a year, the department replaced that complexity with a scalable data lake built on AWS. The new data architecture—which gives the department full visibility into ticketing transactions and digital behavior—was built by a small internal team, without requiring a complete overhaul of their existing systems.
Build a secure AWS foundation in under 60 minutes: A guide for public sector organizations
In this blog, we will guide you through the process of setting up a secure multi-account AWS environment using AWS Control Tower, AWS IAM Identity Center, AWS Organizations and will show you how to secure your environment using AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, and Amazon GuardDuty.
Greenwood Genetic Center transforms genomic medicine on AWS
The Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) is a nonprofit institute organized to provide clinical genetic services, diagnostic laboratory testing, educational programs and resources, and research in the field of medical genetics. To make its medical records accessible to providers, the GGC created a data warehouse to serve as a single repository for its data, where clinicians have access to an all-encompassing view of patients’ records. Read this post to learn more.
How NIH scientists unlocked cardiovascular disease insights using AWS
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently uncovered how a structure known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL), which transports “bad” cholesterol through the bloodstream, interacts with its receptor molecule to enter cells—information that has eluded researchers for decades. The findings could lead to more personalized treatments for cardiovascular disease and were enabled by cutting-edge high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure from AWS. Read this post to learn more.
5 ways AWS empowers GovTech innovation in 2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been a trusted collaborator and advisor to GovTechs for years, providing the tools, expertise, and support they need to build and grow their solutions effectively. In this blog post, we discuss five key ways AWS supports GovTechs in their mission to serve government agencies and citizens.
Cloud cost savings: 10 tips for academic institutions
For academic institutions leveraging cloud services, it is important to proactively manage and optimize cloud costs. In this post, we explore 10 tips to help control cloud costs using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
How to safeguard healthcare data privacy using Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
As more and more healthcare companies use their data to remain competitive, protecting patient data is as critical than ever. With increasing adoption of AI/ML models in healthcare, making sure that these technologies comply with privacy regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR has become a top priority. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides unified access to a diverse selection of high-performance foundation models from industry-leading AI companies. In this post, we walk you through the importance of healthcare data privacy and how to use Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to safeguard sensitive information in AI-driven healthcare solutions.
AWS accelerates digital public infrastructure adoption with automation
In this post, we explore how AWS enables the automation of deploying a DPI-based solution stack. We highlight Sunbird RC (Registry and Credentials) as a real-world digital public goods (DPG) building block. The following example provides an overview and execution of the packaging available in the Sunbird community GitHub repository for provisioning required AWS services and deploying Sunbird RC services.