AWS Public Sector Blog

Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

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New AWS WickrGov offerings to enable secure, compliant communication on multiple devices

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing two new AWS WickrGov offerings designed to help customers rapidly deploy secure communications capabilities across their organizations.

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Accelerating government innovation: Amazon Bedrock models get FedRAMP High and DoD IL-4/5 approval in AWS GovCloud (US)

In today’s rapidly evolving security landscape, the technological edge isn’t just an advantage—it’s a necessity. We’re thrilled to share a milestone that will transform how our government customers harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI): AWS is the first cloud provider to achieve FedRAMP High and Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide Impact Level 4 and 5 authorizations for Anthropic’s Claude and Meta’s Llama AI foundation models.

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Amazon to launch second Secret Cloud Region in 2025

Amazon today announced it will launch its second Secret Cloud Region in 2025. The new AWS Secret-West Region will be accredited to support workloads up to the U.S. Secret classification level. With two regions accredited at the Secret level, defense and national security customers and partners can deploy multi-Region architectures, achieving even higher levels of resiliency and availability essential to their critical missions and enabling AI innovation.

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Four steps government agencies can take to achieve meaningful modernization

Drawing on the extensive experience AWS has in partnering with public sector organizations worldwide, here are four transformative steps agencies can take to drive meaningful modernization and shape the future of government service delivery.

ZTAG-I, a reference zero trust architecture for the US federal government

In this blog, we introduce AWS Zero Trust Accelerator for Government – Integrated (ZTAG-I), a reference architecture that aligns with federal zero trust guidance. ZTAG-I accelerates adoption of zero trust architecture by providing a tested example of a fully integrated technology stack that solves key challenges that arise when adopting zero trust.

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Detect and investigate Amazon EC2 malware with Amazon GuardDuty and Amazon Detective

In this post, we demonstrate how to use the advanced malware detection features of Amazon GuardDuty to uncover malicious and suspicious files compromising your Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. We use the investigative capabilities of Amazon Detective to gain deeper insights into the security event. After the key questions about the security event are addressed, we outline steps to remediate the potentially compromised EC2 instance.

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Build a secure AWS foundation in under 60 minutes: A guide for public sector organizations

In this blog, we will guide you through the process of setting up a secure multi-account AWS environment using AWS Control Tower, AWS IAM Identity Center, AWS Organizations and will show you how to secure your environment using AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, and Amazon GuardDuty.

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Building machine learning operations framework with Amazon SageMaker: Technical Safety BC’s Journey

Technical Safety BC (TSBC) regulates the safe installation and operation of technical systems (electrical, gas, boiler, elevator, etc.) in British Columbia. This post showcases how the TSBC built a machine learning operations (MLOps) solution using AWS to streamline production model training and management to process public safety inquiries more efficiently.

AWS achieves U.S. Department of Defense’s CMMC Level 2 certification for Controlled Working Environment

AWS has achieved the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 certification for the Controlled Working Environment (CWE). This certification enhances our DoD contract support capabilities and demonstrates our cybersecurity commitment.

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Digital sovereignty to take center stage: What to expect at AWS Summit Hamburg 2025

Digital sovereignty has become a cornerstone of Europe’s technological future, and the AWS Hamburg Summit—taking place on June 5 2025 at Hamburg Messe—will showcase innovation in this critical space. As organizations across Europe navigate increasingly complex regulatory requirements and data protection needs, AWS is proud to present our most comprehensive exploration of digital sovereignty solutions yet, headlined by the soon-to-be-launched AWS European Sovereign Cloud.