WAF & Shield

  • Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that protects your AWS apps.

  • 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.

  • WAF (Web Application Firewall) helps protect your web apps against common web exploits.

  • Make web ACLs to define rules for incoming traffic to protect it against attacks.

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