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Secure, AI-driven cloud migration for DoW using CloudHedge

Secure, AI-driven cloud migration for DoW using CloudHedge

Learn how CloudHedge’s CHAI platform brings together three transformative components: DART (Discovery, Assessment, and Rationalization Tool), Flow Federal Edition, and CHAI Universe Model Context Protocol (MCP). All three components are grounded in the intelligence of Amazon Bedrock.

Transforming federal IT with Datadog's FedRAMP Class D (High) solution

Transforming federal IT with Datadog’s FedRAMP Class D (High) solution

In this post, we explore how federal agencies can accelerate modernization, improve cybersecurity incident response, and support continuous compliance monitoring using Datadog’s FedRAMP High authorized observability and security platform.

Sovereign Intelligence: How AWS Enables Global Health Security Without Compromising Data Privacy

Sovereign Intelligence: How AWS Enables Global Health Security Without Compromising Data Privacy

In this post, we explore how AWS enables global pathogen surveillance and outbreak intelligence through sovereign-by-design platforms like PathGen, which allow countries to collaborate on infectious disease tracking while maintaining control over their sensitive health data within national borders.

Breaking Down Barriers: How AWS Democratizes Genomic Data for the World

Breaking Down Barriers: How AWS Democratizes Genomic Data for the World

This blog is the first in a three-part series that explores how AWS is transforming genomic research through democratized data access, sovereign-by-design outbreak intelligence platforms, and population-scale biobanks that enable global collaboration while maintaining data security and privacy.

Supporting GSA CUI protection requirements with AWS

Supporting GSA CUI protection requirements with AWS

In this blog, we will discuss how federal contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) for the General Services Administration (GSA) face a critical reality when the updated security requirements are required to maintain your contracts. The stakes extend beyond business; inadequate CUI protection compromises sensitive government operations and US national interests. The recently updated GSA IT Security Procedural Guide CIO-IT Security-21-112 Revision 1 (January 2026) aligns with NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3 and sets the bar for protecting CUI in nonfederal systems. Learn how Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides security services specifically designed to help you address these requirements efficiently.

Automate AWS GovCloud (US) account creation using AWS Organizations APIs

Automate AWS GovCloud (US) account creation using AWS Organizations APIs

AWS GovCloud (US) is an innovative cloud solution that includes a pair of AWS Regions providing a cloud computing environment designed specifically for government agencies, contractors, and organizations that handle sensitive, International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)-controlled data and require US citizenship or entity status. AWS GovCloud (US) regions exist as a separate partition from […]

From cloud sprawl to strategic success: Cornell University's cloud service transformation

From cloud sprawl to strategic success: Cornell University’s cloud service transformation

Within a decade of moving to the cloud, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was managing 260 accounts—160 of them on Amazon Web Services (AWS)—at an annual spend of $4 million. As part of what they called a “cloudification initiative,” there had been a major push in the early days to capitalize on opportunities to […]

Framework for platform expansion to Europe, Middle East and beyond

Framework for platform expansion to Europe, Middle East and beyond

In a previous post on the Public Sector Blog, we covered six key strategies in which Amazon Web Services (AWS) empowers AWS Partners to expand their platforms globally to reach more customers while meeting requirements such as data residency and sovereignty. These ranged from using AWS Global Infrastructure to AWS services that make it easier for […]