AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
Prepare for your GovRAMP Progressing Snapshot with AWS
In this post, we explain what the Progressing Snapshot program is, what the program is for, who it is for, and how Amazon Web Services (AWS) helps you lay the foundation to address many of the 40 snapshot controls.
Solving federal log retention requirements with AWS account-level subscription filters
Learn how the Login.gov team implemented a robust long-term log retention system that solved multiple architectural challenges while using Amazon Web Services (AWS) account-level subscription filters to provide capabilities that other approaches couldn’t match.
Build an AI-powered form filling assistant with Strands Agents
This post explains how to build exactly that using Strands Agents and Amazon Bedrock. The entire solution runs in about 200 lines of Python code, and you can have it working on your computer after completing the pre-requisite steps.
Preventive controls for FedRAMP 20x: Using SCPs and guardrails to enforce KSIs
Why preventive controls matter for FedRAMP 20x Organizations strengthen their security posture when Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud resources consistently align with security and regulatory requirements. Preventive security controls, which are designed to minimize or avoid threat events, help enforce these requirements before misconfigurations are deployed. In this post, we show how service control policies […]
What if swapping your weather model was boring? How dynamical.org is making AI weather forecasting accessible on AWS
In this post, Marshall Moutenot shares how dynamical.org is making weather data products, including AI weather forecasts, accessible on AWS.
Amazon Web Services Partner KBR achieves 27% savings migrating to AWS Graviton
In this post, you’ll learn how KBR—a global science, technology, and engineering solutions organization—achieved a 33.5% cost savings and a 27.09% increase in pipeline processing speed by migrating geospatial processing workloads from an x86 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) M7i instance to AWS Graviton processors while maintaining data accuracy within 0.002% of x86 outputs.
A faster, more resilient digital repository: Migrating DSpace to AWS
Learn more about the Digital Research and Curation Center (DRCC), the group within the Sheridan Libraries that builds and manages digital infrastructure for open scholarship, migrated DSpace to the cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
University-cloud collaboration in action: Columbia University students transform ideas into AWS powered startups
In this post, we share the winning projects, lessons learned, and how the experience continues to shape participants’ cloud careers at the Columbia X Amazon Bedrock Innovation Challenge.
CMMC Level 2 compliance on AWS: Why control ownership is where organizations struggle
This post brings guidance on Customer Responsibility Matrices (CRMs), authorization boundary definitions, and multi-provider control ownership into a single actionable framework for defense contractors preparing for third-party assessment.
Scaling biomedical research on AWS: A cloud-native approach to scientific data management
This post explores how cloud-native architectures built using Amazon Web Services (AWS) help research institutions manage, curate, publish, and analyze complex scientific datasets at scale.









