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Brian DeKemper

Author: Brian DeKemper

Brian is an enterprise account executive at AWS, supporting research university customers in the Great Lakes region. He’s spent over two decades working in technology and services companies that focus on the higher education market. Outside of work, he enjoys skiing and traveling with his family.

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Notre Dame sets new standard for higher education with enterprise AWS security implementation

The University of Notre Dame embarked on a journey to become the first US higher education institution to take a comprehensive, enterprise-wide approach to deploying AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Firewall Manager across the entirety of their AWS infrastructure. This meticulous implementation also established a blueprint for other institutions to follow.

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Indiana University streamlines social science research with secure automated transcription on AWS

To help researchers reclaim their time and focus on discovery, Indiana University developed a secure, scalable, and cost-effective Automated Transcription Service (ATS) built on AWS. Since launching, the service has supported nearly 60 projects across 16 departments and has become a model for how universities can use cloud-native tools to affordably streamline research workflows and protect sensitive data.