AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Coral Kennett
Coral has 20 years of experience helping organizations solve challenging business problems with IT solutions. She is the head of provincial government and education in Canada for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Coral works with ministries, municipalities, crown corporations, universities, school boards, and education technology (EdTech) companies to demonstrate the impact that the AWS Cloud can have to increase innovation in the public sector.
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.
AWS Canada launches $5 million K12 Cyber Grant Program
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of the K12 Cyber Grant Program across Canada. To help public schools across Canada implement cloud-based cybersecurity solutions, AWS is investing $5 million CAD in AWS promotional credits to new and existing AWS customers. This program will allow school boards to improve their security posture and advance their ransomware protection. AWS has been architected to be the most flexible and secure cloud computing environment available today and our cloud infrastructure is secure by design and secure by default.