AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Anastasia Raissis
Anastasia “Tracy” Raissis serves as director of worldwide financial risk and economic development at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, she works with government and inter-government organizations to adopt and leverage cloud-enabled technologies to improve operations, enhance security, and better serve their respective end customers. Previously, Tracy was the director of payments compliance for Amazon.com and oversaw global and regional compliance and risk management programs across all of Amazon’s operations. She joined the company in 2012. Tracy holds a BA from New York University and an MBA from Auburn University, and is a Certified Risk Professional (CRP) certified by the Bank Administration Institute.
How the cloud can enable enhanced risk management and innovation
In an environment that is constantly changing due to COVID-19, increased competition, ever-evolving customer sentiments, and emerging technologies, financial services organizations are feeling the pressure to innovate. At the same time, the expectations for an effective risk management program have also increased in response to cyber threats, regulatory pressures, market fluctuations, and increasingly sophisticated financial criminals. Advancements in cloud computing are enabling organizations to improve their risk-management capabilities to get ahead of issues while continuing to deliver on and evolve their business strategy. Learn how the cloud empowers organizations to innovate and effectively manage risk—two enterprises that are often perceived as contradictory but can actually be complimentary.