Secure AI Workloads for Government

Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) helps public sector organizations deploy AI and high-performance compute environments on AWS from a trusted, CIS Benchmark®-hardened operating system baseline. CIS Hardened Images help teams reduce misconfiguration risk, support compliance efforts, and establish a stronger starting point for compliance-driven and ATO-aligned environments.

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Public Sector AI Environments Require More Than Performance

Public sector organizations are adopting AI for research, analytics, simulation, public services, and mission-supporting workloads. These environments often require more than scalable compute. They also require consistent security baselines, documented configurations, and support for compliance-driven deployment processes.

When environments are built from scratch or configured inconsistently across teams, agencies and partners can introduce unnecessary risk, slow deployment, and create added friction during security review.

Documented security baseline
More consistent deployment across environments
Stronger starting point for compliance-driven workloads

Start from a More Secure, More Consistent Baseline

CIS Hardened Images provide a pre-configured operating system baseline aligned to CIS Benchmarks, helping public sector teams deploy AI workloads on AWS with security built in from the start.

Instead of manually hardening each environment, teams can launch from a more consistent baseline that supports operational efficiency, clearer documentation, and stronger alignment with security best practices.

Why Public Sector Teams Use CIS Hardened Images

Secure from Day One

Start from a CIS Benchmark-hardened operating system baseline built to help reduce risk before workloads go live.

Reduce Misconfiguration Risk

Support more consistent deployment across teams, projects, and environments.

Support Compliance and ATO Efforts

Give teams a stronger starting point for environments that align to widely used security frameworks, including NIST-based approaches, and support compliance-driven deployment processes.

Deploy with Greater Confidence

Reduce manual setup and start from a more documented, repeatable baseline for AI and compute workloads.

Built for Compliance-Driven Environments

Public sector AI workloads often require alignment to established security frameworks and structured deployment processes. CIS Hardened Images provide a pre-configured operating system baseline aligned to CIS Benchmarks, helping teams start from a more consistent and documented foundation.

This can support environments that follow NIST-based security approaches and require repeatable configurations across development, testing, and production.

NIST-Based Security Approaches

Start from a more consistent operating system baseline for workloads that follow NIST-based security practices and review processes.

FedRAMP-aligned environments

Support cloud deployments that require stronger documentation, repeatable configurations, and baseline consistency across environments.

DoD SRG-informed baselines

Provide a stronger starting point for mission-supporting and defense-aligned environments that depend on auditable, repeatable configurations.

Two Secure Options for AI on AWS

CIS Hardened Image for AI Workloads

Built for machine learning training, inference, analytics, and production AI environments that need a secure starting point on AWS.

Machine learning training
Production inference
Pre-configured drivers and frameworks
Analytics and mission-supporting AI workloads

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CIS Hardened Image for Supercomputing

Built for distributed AI, HPC, and large-scale compute workloads that require scalable infrastructure with security built in from the start.

Distributed AI workloads
Large-scale simulation
Advanced research computing
Massively scaled compute environments

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Where CIS Hardened Images Fit

Federal Agencies

For agencies deploying AI workloads in research, analytics, and mission-supporting environments that require a consistent and well-defined security baseline.

Advanced research and high-performance computing
Climate, weather, and environmental modeling
Life sciences, genomics, and data-intensive analysis
Mission-supporting AI and secure analytics environments

GovTech and Public Sector Partners

For system integrators, contractors, and technology providers building secure AI environments for government customers.

Mission system and defense-supporting workloads
Aerospace, simulation, and high-performance compute environments
Autonomous, vision-based, and intelligence platforms
Secure infrastructure supporting federal and defense mission environments

State and Local Government

For state and local teams using AI to support public services, infrastructure, and data-driven decision-making.

Public safety and emergency response analytics
Infrastructure planning and engineering analysis
Urban modeling and simulation
Data-driven public services and operations

How Public Sector Teams Use CIS Hardened Images

Step 1

Start from a Hardened Baseline - Launch from a CIS Benchmark-hardened operating system baseline instead of building each environment from scratch.

Step 2

Deploy More Consistently - Support more standardized deployment across teams, contracts, environments, and workloads.

Step 3

Move Forward with Stronger Documentation and Compliance Alignment - Start from a more repeatable and supportable foundation for environments that may require security review, compliance alignment, or audit support.