This document outlines a presentation given at the AWS Government, Education, and Nonprofits Symposium in Washington DC from June 24-26, 2014. The presentation discusses how public sector organizations can advance their security and governance capabilities using AWS. It provides examples of challenges organizations face with security logging, monitoring, and disaster recovery on-premises versus capabilities available in AWS like CloudTrail, EBS snapshots, and centralized security controls. Resources for the AWS compliance program, security best practices, and innovation tools like Trusted Advisor are also referenced.