AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Customer Enablement
How Thales issues verifiable credentials at scale for governments using AWS managed services
As it supports government authorities with their digital identity programs, Thales recognized that Amazon Web Services (AWS) managed services can help address these challenges. The company built a production-grade verifiable credentials issuance platform on AWS that serves government customers worldwide, supporting over 300 national digital identity programs. Read this post to learn more.
Accelerate your Information Security Manual (ISM) compliance with AWS Managed Services (AMS)
To help you accelerate your compliance journey and improve your security posture, AWS Support offers AWS Managed Services (AMS). In this post, we explore how AMS security operations capabilities complement your existing teams and processes to accelerate your ISM compliance and optimize your cloud security posture overall.
Optimizing document management with an AWS enterprise object storage solution
Public sector agencies need to modernize document management addressing risks and costs while complying with government security frameworks. An enterprise object storage (EOS) solution, built on Amazon Web Services (AWS), aims to deliver secure, cost-effective, and compliant storage with antivirus scanning, per-tenant encryption, and add-on features such as Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 digital signing, full text search, and optical character recognition (OCR).
How Curtin University enhanced security compliance with AWS Managed Services Trusted Remediator
This post explores how Curtin University, Western Australia’s largest public research university, overcame challenges such as limited technical resourcing, complex security compliance requirements, and manual remediation processes using AWS Managed Services (AMS) Accelerate and the Trusted Remediator solution. The university achieved a 32% improvement in its AWS Security Improvement Program (SIP) score within the first six months of its AMS engagement.
How AWS Managed Services helps Australian public sector organizations optimize their cloud operations
AWS Support offers AWS Managed Services (AMS) Accelerate, an operations support plan that provides a range of operational services to help you achieve operational excellence on Amazon Web Services (AWS). AMS Accelerate extends your existing teams with both automated and operations engineer-involved operational capabilities—so you can operate on AWS efficiently, securely, and at scale. Read this post to learn more.
Legal Aid Society of Westchester County transforms criminal defense with AI-powered case management system
With support from the AWS Imagine Grant, the Legal Aid Society of Westchester County developed a client database program that revolutionizes how public defenders manage cases, review evidence, and protect constitutional rights. As a result, LASW’s legal teams were able to serve their clients better and advance justice reform. Read this post to learn more.
Building Trusted Research Environments on AWS
Trusted Research Environments (TREs) provide secure access to sensitive data, enabling research while controlling data movement to meet governance requirements. In this post, we review core TRE concepts, examine TRE history and related initiatives, and explore key considerations for successfully deploying a TRE on AWS.
How AWS helps public sector organizations successfully exit their data centers
Successfully managing a data center exit requires careful planning and experienced advisors. AWS can help you evaluate your current environment and assets, build a comprehensive business case, customize a migration strategy for your facilities, hardware, and IT workloads, maximize the value of your existing assets, and address other unique data center challenges. Read this post to learn more.
Driving public sector innovation: Building a data lakehouse and analytics platform on AWS for public housing
In this post, we explore how Singapore’s Housing & Development Board (HDB) worked with AWS Professional Services to design and build the ARK data lakehouse on AWS, detailing the data strategy, platform architecture, and the benefits realized.
Optimizing database backup strategy: How Service NSW achieved 70% cost reduction with AWS Backup
In this post, we explore how Service NSW used AWS services to optimize its backup strategies while maintaining strict compliance requirements. By moving from a straightforward turnkey solution to a sophisticated, tiered approach, Service NSW achieved significant cost savings while enhancing its disaster recovery capabilities. The organization’s innovative use of automation for backup testing sets a new standard for efficient backup validation in large-scale database environments.









