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Paper Id:IJMSM-V2I2P108
doi: 10.71141/30485037/V2I2P108

Securing the Public Sector: A Practical Roadmap for Mission-Critical Workloads in GovCloud

Tejas Dhanorkar, Bhaskar Yakkanti, Nithin Vunnam

Citation:
Tejas Dhanorkar, Bhaskar Yakkanti, Nithin Vunnam, "Securing the Public Sector: A Practical Roadmap for Mission-Critical Workloads in GovCloud" International Journal of Multidisciplinary on Science and Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 83-94, 2025.

Abstract:
Fast adoption of government cloud had accelerated IT modernization, becoming more scalable, cheaper, and improved the overall service delivery. However, securing mission critical workloads in environments such as AWS GovCloud, Azure Government and Google Assured Workloads are also difficult. Such cloud presents its own challenges, such as complex compliance and risk of integrating legacy systems and cybersecurity threats. This research survey the constraints to securing public sector cloud deployments and propose a proposes a pragmatic, policy-based road-map for improving the security, compliance, and operational resilience. Automation, Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and compliance monitoring are the key findings being needed for risk mitigation. Additionally, the research contrasts Gov-cloud security tactics with the commercial cloud world and finds that government clouds exhibit tighter identity control, accumulated data sovereignty and network segmentation. The strategic suggestions involve Traditional system modernization to DevSecOps and use of unified governance frameworks for the adoption of a secure and sustainable cloud. With these interventions, government agencies establish points of balance between innovation and security, allowing the protection of sensitive data while responding to evolving regulatory requirements.

Keywords: Gov-cloud; public sector; cloud security; mission-critical workloads; compliance; Zero Trust; FedRAMP; data protection; government cloud.

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