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AWS WAF and Shield

AWS Cloud Practitioner to Architect: 0 to Hero

Protecting Against Attacks

AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall):

  • Protects web apps from common web exploits (SQL Injection, XSS).
  • Works at Layer 7.

AWS Shield:

  • Managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection.
  • Standard: Free, enabled by default.
  • Advanced: Paid, provides higher level of protection and 24/7 access to DDoS response team.