AWS Public Sector Blog

Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

AWS expands its Defending Digital Campaigns offering for the 2026 election cycle

AWS expands its Defending Digital Campaigns offering for the 2026 election cycle

This post describes the program for the 2026 cycle, the services it covers, and how eligible campaigns and committees can enroll. Since AWS first joined DDC in 2020 and expanded the offering in 2022 and again in 2024, eligible campaigns and committees of any size and on either side of the aisle have used these services to protect the data, identities, and applications they rely on through Election Day.

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How to secure communications beyond encryption with AWS Wickr

Read this post to learn about AWS Wickr, a messaging and collaboration service that protects messaging, calling, file sharing, screen sharing, and location sharing with 256-bit end-to-end encryption (E2EE). Wickr combines advanced security for sensitive communications, administrative controls for user and policy management, and data retention for auditing and regulatory needs.

What HCLS security teams can do this quarter to close the execution gap

What HCLS security teams can do this quarter to close the execution gap

Most security teams know what’s needed to defend their organization. Regulatory guidance is available, threat intelligence sharing has increased, and risks are well-documented. So why are healthcare and life sciences (HCLS) groups, from commercial payors to public health systems, still facing recurring incidents or falling behind in protecting sensitive information? The answer is the execution gap: the space between knowing what to do and the ability to get it done.

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How ITHAKA built an on-demand PDF remediation pipeline on AWS

In this post, we describe how ITHAKA and Amazon Web Services (AWS) collaborated to build an on-demand PDF accessibility pipeline that remediates documents when users need them, serving researchers while using nonprofit resources responsibly. For organizations managing a large document collection under accessibility compliance deadlines, this post shows there is an affordable, practical path forward that doesn’t require converting an entire library upfront.

State of Kansas modernizes mainframe file transfer using AWS Transfer Family

State of Kansas modernizes mainframe file transfer using AWS Transfer Family

In this post, we walk through how OSM partnered with Sierra-Cedar, an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, to design, build, and deploy FileVault—a secure file transfer solution powered by AWS Transfer Family and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)—while preserving the user experience that state employees already knew and trusted.

Digital Earth Africa and AWS are making satellite data work for Africa

Digital Earth Africa and AWS are making satellite data work for Africa

Amazon Web Services (AWS), through the Open Data on AWS and Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) programs, became a foundational collaborator from the outset, hosting Digital Earth Africa’s data on AWS infrastructure in Cape Town, South Africa, and enabling African users to access and analyze petabytes of satellite data at a speed and scale that would otherwise be out of reach.

Building machine-readable FedRAMP 20x evidence on AWS

In this post, we walk through the evidence pipeline, from Amazon Web Services (AWS) Config evaluations and AWS Security Hub findings through transformation and storage, to producing the dual-format output that satisfies FedRAMP 20x Phase 2 completeness requirements.

Architecting HIPAA-compliant AI agents to safeguard health data with AWS

Architecting HIPAA-compliant AI agents to safeguard health data with AWS

In this post, we share a reference AWS architecture that healthcare organizations, health plans, and state agencies can use to deploy AI agents while maintaining HIPAA compliance.

Run SAP workloads at DoD Impact Level 5 with SAP NS2 on AWS GovCloud (US)

Run SAP workloads at DoD Impact Level 5 with SAP NS2 on AWS GovCloud (US)

In this post, we explain what IL5 requires, how AWS GovCloud (US) and SAP NS2 meet those requirements together, and how defense organizations can get started.

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Deploy AI agents in AWS GovCloud (US) using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

In this blog, learn more about the availability of Amazon Bedrock AgentCore in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) Region, giving government and regulated industries a fully managed solution to build, deploy, and operate AI agents at production scale, without needing to manage the underlying infrastructure. This launch is part of Amazon’s broader commitment to invest more than $50 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure, giving government customers access to the same cutting-edge AI capabilities available in commercial Regions.