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Complimentary virtual training: Get hands-on with AWS Security Services

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If you’re looking to strengthen your organization’s security posture on Amazon Web Services (AWS) but aren’t sure where to start, then we’re here to help. Security Activation Days are complimentary, virtual, hands-on workshops designed to help you get practical experience with AWS security services in …

Introducing AI traffic analysis dashboards for AWS WAF

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As AI agents, bots, and programmatic access become an increasingly significant portion of web traffic, organizations need better tools to understand, analyze, and manage this activity. Today, we’re excited to announce AI Traffic Analysis dashboards for AWS WAF protection packs—also known as web access control lists (web …

Security posture improvement in the AI era

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It’s only been a few weeks since Anthropic announced the Claude Mythos Preview model and launched Project Glasswing with AWS and other leading organizations. This has generated a lot of discussion about the future of cybersecurity and what the ever-increasing capabilities of foundation models mean to organizations. As …

How to customize your response to layer 7 DDoS attacks using AWS WAF Anti-DDoS AMR

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Over the first half of this year, AWS WAF introduced new application-layer protections to address the growing trend of short-lived, high-throughput Layer 7 (L7) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These protections are provided through the AWS WAF Anti-DDoS AWS Managed Rules (Anti-DDoS AMR) rule group. While the default …

Introducing the new console experience for AWS WAF

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Protecting publicly facing web applications can be challenging due to the constantly evolving threat landscape. You must defend against sophisticated threats, including zero-day vulnerabilities, automated events, and changing compliance requirements. Navigating through consoles and selecting the protections best suited to your use case can be complicated, requiring not only …

How to help prevent hotlinking using referer checking, AWS WAF, and Amazon CloudFront

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Note: This post was first published April 21, 2016. The updated version aligns with the latest version of AWS WAF (AWS WAF v2) and includes screenshots that reflect the changes in the AWS console experience. AWS WAF Classic has been deprecated and will be end-of-life (EOL) in September 2025 …

AWS Firewall Manager retrofitting: Harmonizing central security with application team flexibility

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AWS Firewall Manager is a powerful tool that organizations can use to define common AWS WAF rules with centralized security policies. These policies specify which accounts and resources are in scope. Firewall Manager creates a web access control list (web ACL) that adheres to the organization’s policy requirements …