AWS Public Sector Blog
Author: Scott McMillan
Scott is a cloud solutions architect at the University of British Columbia’s Cloud Innovation Centre (UBC CIC). Through the UBC CIC, Scott helps architect projects and guide students as they develop their cloud skills while working on innovative solutions for real-world community challenges.
University of British Columbia Cloud Innovation Centre: Governing an innovation hub using AWS management services
In January 2020, Amazon Web Services (AWS) inaugurated a Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The CIC uses emerging technologies to solve real-world problems and has produced more than 50 prototypes in sectors like healthcare, education, and research. The Centre’s work has involved 300-plus AWS accounts across various groups, including external collaborators, UBC staff, students, and researchers. This post discusses the management of AWS in higher education institutions, emphasizing governance to securely foster innovation without compromising security and detailing policies and responsibilities for managing AWS accounts across projects and research.