Enhance Security and Simplify Authorization in the Public Sector with Amazon Web Services

Public sector organizations operate in a highly regulated and sensitive environment, managing critical data such as personal identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). Ensuring only the right individuals have access to the right data is crucial for maintaining compliance, avoiding penalties, and preserving public trust.

To meet these needs, Amazon Verified Permissions, available through Softprom – an official Amazon Web Services partner - enables public sector teams to implement fine-grained, attribute-based access control (ABAC). It supports scalable, consistent, and auditable authorization processes—far beyond traditional role-based access control (RBAC) models.

Why Access Control Needs to Evolve

Implementing reliable authentication is only part of the challenge. Most organizations hardcode authorization logic directly into applications, resulting in:

• Inconsistent access models across services
• Tight coupling of access rules to code, increasing complexity and tech debt
• Difficulties auditing and understanding access permissions
• Lack of centralized policy control and governance
• Bottlenecks as systems scale

The Solution: Amazon Verified Permissions

Amazon Verified Permissions offers a centralized, pluggable solution to define and enforce access control policies across your applications. Built on Cedar, an expressive policy language, it enables you to:

• Decouple access control from application logic
• Enforce zero-trust principles dynamically
• Build context-aware and least-privilege access policies
• Centralize and standardize access governance

Policy enforcement happens in real time, using rules that account for user roles, identity attributes, and operational context.

Real-World Use Cases

Healthcare

Define policies to ensure:

• Nurses can update records only for patients they are assigned
• Doctors access only their own patients' data
• Admins can view non-sensitive information only

Public Safety & Justice

Create secure access layers for:

• Case files, evidence, and dispatch systems
• Officers and analysts with multi-factor authentication
• Role- and sensitivity-based access to emergency systems

Transportation

Manage access based on:

• Location (e.g., field technicians can only access their zone)
• Job function (e.g., engineers with wider access)
• Real-time conditions like device or network status

Human Services

Support social workers and field agents with:

• Mobile access to cases and media capture in disconnected mode
• Context-aware data access based on role and assigned workload

The Technology: Cedar Policies

Verified Permissions uses Cedar to define structured, flexible policies that include:

• Principals (who can act)
• Actions (what they can do)
• Resources (what data/systems they can access)
• Conditions (when and under what circumstances)

Why It Matters

Verified Permissions helps public sector organizations:

• Improve compliance with privacy laws (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR)
• Implement dynamic and context-aware authorization
• Increase visibility, auditability, and governance
• Reduce developer workload and technical debt

Ready to Transform Your Authorization Approach?

With Softprom and Amazon Web Services, public sector agencies can modernize their identity and access management using Verified Permissions, building scalable, secure, and compliant solutions that adapt to the future.

Contact Softprom to explore how Verified Permissions can support your use cases.