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Building an identity-verified remote assessment platform on AWS

Building an identity-verified remote assessment platform on AWS

Universities across the UK conduct tens of thousands of online interviews and exams each year. During a single admissions intake, over 20,000 video interviews were recorded for international applicants, with 1.3% of sessions showing confirmed fraud, including 0.15% involving deepfakes. A survey by the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) found that 2% of students […]

Enabling resilient hybrid edge architectures with AWS

Enabling resilient hybrid edge architectures with AWS

Organizations operating in austere environments require robust, resilient architectures that maintain operations regardless of connectivity status. This post explores how to implement and deploy resilient hybrid edge architectures using Amazon Web Services (AWS), with a focus on network resilience, data synchronization, security, and configuration management. We’ll cover best practices for deploying and managing hybrid architectures […]

Modernizing evidence management in Salesforce public sector solutions with Amazon S3

Modernizing evidence management in Salesforce public sector solutions with Amazon S3

Public sector agencies manage increasing volumes of digital evidence within casework, inspections, investigations, and enforcement operations. This evidence often includes large unstructured files such as body camera footage, surveillance video, photographs, audio interviews, and document scans. Although Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS) provides a structured case management and chain-of-custody framework, storing high-volume evidence directly inside […]

Building realistic Minecraft worlds with Open Data on AWS: How Arnis uses elevation datasets at scale

Building realistic Minecraft worlds with Open Data on AWS: How Arnis uses elevation datasets at scale

Arnis, an open source tool, transforms real-world locations into playable Minecraft worlds by processing geospatial data hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). By migrating to Terrain Tiles—a global elevation dataset on the Registry of Open Data on AWS—Arnis eliminated data retrieval costs while serving nearly 300,000 users. To make terrain believable at a global scale, […]

Domino Data Lab secures container supply chains at scale using Chainguard on AWS

Domino Data Lab secures container supply chains at scale using Chainguard on AWS

Ivanti’s 2025 State of Cybersecurity Report revealed that only one in three organizations feel prepared to protect themselves from software supply chain threats. According to Cowbell’s Cyber Roundup Report 2024, with respect to supply chain threats, operating systems pose the greatest immediate threat as “they form the foundational layer of an organization’s entire IT infrastructure.” […]

How to travel safely based on crime patterns using AWS services

Walking in urban areas, especially at night, can be intimidating. Surveys show that 40% of Americans, the highest in three decades, say they are afraid to walk alone at night, and two-thirds avoid certain activities due to fear of crime. Vulnerable groups, including women and children, are affected even more. Similar studies across European countries […]

Too rare for care How AI is helping solve the rare disease paradox

Too rare for care: How AI is helping solve the rare disease paradox

With a smartphone, mGene’s AI technology can analyze facial features to identify subtle indications of genetic syndromes It’s one of medicine’s tragic paradoxes that, collectively, rare diseases have significant impact on human health. The World Health Organization defines conditions affecting fewer than 1 in 2,000 people as rare, and it’s estimated that over 300 million […]