Cloud 101 for the Public Sector

With AWS, you always own your data. Read this blog for best practices on securing that data in the AWS Cloud and get insights from security experts.

AWS GovCloud (US) addresses the most stringent security requirements. What’s more, it isn’t just for government agencies—organizations across the public sector can take advantage of its security. These webinars share a “how-to” look at securing sensitive data and regulated workloads.

See how your public sector organization can use Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) with Amazon Identity Access Management (IAM) to meet your IT and data security requirements.

Security is priority number one at AWS. What does that mean for a new AWS Cloud user? How does it translate to a regulated environment like healthcare, government, education, or financial services? Securing your AWS account is the first place to start.

How can the cloud help modernize your organization and help you achieve your mission faster? See what customers and industry experts have to say about what the agility of the AWS Cloud does for public sector entities.

When you’re serving students or citizens, downtime isn’t an option. By moving quickly to the AWS Cloud, Mumtalakat, the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain, innovates faster and helps its subsidiaries do the same.

More agility means fulfilling your mission faster. Moving to the AWS Cloud helped human services software company Northwoods quickly get their solutions into the hands of social services employees working with vulnerable families.

Agencies of any size can move fast. The U.S. Navy migrated their largest enterprise resource planning system to the AWS Cloud 10 months ahead of schedule. Now, they can more quickly achieve audit readiness and make informed, mission-critical decisions.

Since 2013, AWS customers have saved over $300M with our cost optimization tools—and you can, too. Get familiar with these services and learn best practices for managing your cloud spending.

Los Angeles County chose Amazon Connect in their search for an updated contact center. By eliminating the infrastructure and licensing costs of their former on-premises call center, they save 60 percent a year—money and resources they can now invest in the county’s future.

Jour de la Terre, a Canadian environmental nonprofit, became 15 percent more efficient and reduced the cost of running their IT infrastructure by approximately 20 percent by moving to the AWS Cloud.

The savings that come with cloud computing go beyond hardware and service costs. The improvements on efficiency and innovation can save millions down the road. The Institute for Competitiveness found that a 10 percent increase in Italian companies’ cloud adoption could increase the average added value produced per employee by over €47,000 per year.