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# WAF & Shield

* **Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that protects your AWS apps.**<br>
* You can also get a better version of Shield for **$3000 a month called Shield Advanced**, where you have **more protection and 27/7 support with AWS.**\ <br>
* **WAF (Web Application Firewall) helps protect your web apps against common web exploits.**<br>
* Make **web ACLs to define rules for incoming traffic to protect it against attacks.**