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What is AWS WAF?
Amazon Web Services offers AWS WAF (web application firewall) to protect web applications from malicious behavior that might impede the applications functioning and performance, with customizable rules to prevent known harmful behaviors and an API for creating and deploying web…
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Resource Type - Request
$0.60
Cloud
per 1 million requests
Resource Type - Rule
$1.00
Cloud
per month (prorated hourly)
Resource Type - Web ACL
$5.00
Cloud
per month (prorated hourly)
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- No setup fee
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AWS WAF Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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September 12, 2022
Easiest implantation of Firewall out there
We have several web applications running on AWS build on Laravel so we inherently have a need to secure it. DDOS attacks are common among them. as we mounted an AWS WAF before our load-Balancer. since then we have never faced any issue regarding web application security. Highly recommend it if you run critical e-commerce applications.
- DDOs attack prevention
- Cost saving if you have multiple web applications.
- One stop solution so no further efforts needed. almost everything can be handle with AWS WAF.
- AWS WAF is a bit costly if used for single applications.
- they should provide attack-wise protection, like if my certain type of application is vulnerable to DDOS then I should be able to buy WAF, especially for that attack.
- CLI tool to test in offline mode if possible.
- DDOS protection
- Ability to mount in front of Load balancer
- AWS Managed service means hassle free installation
- Somewhat costly if specific needs are not there.
- If security is concerned than comparatively is beneficial.
- All those price that spent on AWS WAF in return gets saved in man hours.
Comparatively, AWS WAF is far more prevalent in modern age web application as most of the High-Traffic E-commerce sites are moved on AWS. Due to this most developers are familiar with WAF, in addition its pretty easy comparatively as well. So other solutions may only come into the picture where some particular scenarios arise.
AWS WAF is a really useful software when implemented at the departmental level. It allows the infrastructure of the applications that are being executed to be protected in a very simple way since the user can establish rules to stop the vulnerabilities that can cause a malfunction in such applications. This is why we have decided to implement it in the business applications development department to dismiss these vulnerabilities and thus be able to concentrate on the development of applications without that concern.
- It allows custom rules to be established to stop attacks that may harm business applications.
- Its cost is based only on what the user uses to establish rules that can protect applications from vulnerabilities.
- The rules can be established by the user or those that the system already brings with it being able to be centralized to reuse them for the rest of the applications, which saves time.
- The user can choose the traffic of their applications.
- The cost depends on the number of rules assigned.
- It deploys new rules fast and efficiently.
- The documentation offered is somewhat confusing, so it would be ideal if it were much more direct and precise.
- Your initial configuration may be confusing, so the best option is to use the rule templates provided by AWS.
- Its configuration is not unified with AWS, so it must be done separately and it takes some time.
- The number of rules to be established is somewhat limited.
- Implementing this AWS service has been really favorable because when creating custom rules we give more specific protection to our applications against vulnerabilities that cause them to be consuming other resources or running with errors.
- It allows us to control the traffic of our business applications, which is really favorable, given that in this way we can decide that you can access them and not.
- It is extremely advantageous that we can establish rules in a centralized way since it saves time, as well as it allows us to protect several applications at the same time by reusing the rules established above.
- It allows you to save time and money because we only pay for what is used.
Unlike these other AWS tools, WAF provides real-time traffic control, rules that can be customized according to the needs of the user, and is based on an implementation in the cloud which avoids the use of memory on computers as well as an account with a very affordable cost for any user or company.
February 13, 2019
A very efficient solution against web attacks
We use AWS WAF in the Application Development department since it is useful to provide protection against the most common web attacks such as the injection of SQL code and site scripts, as well as to prevent these applications from consuming more resources than they should actually consume. For this, we develop custom rules that allow us to block such attacks and at the same time improve the visibility of web traffic.
- Protect any application against the most common attacks.
- Provides better visibility of web traffic.
- It allows us to control the traffic in different ways in which it is enabled or blocked through the implementation of security rules developed personally according to our needs.
- It is able to block common attacks such as SQL code injection.
- It allows defining specific rules for applications, thus increasing web security as they are developed.
- It is necessary to have knowledge about the software because otherwise inappropriate rules will be created.
- Your configuration can be somewhat tedious.
- Your support team takes a long time to answer the user's questions.
- Its costs can be somewhat high, unlike other services since it is charged by the number of rules that are created.
- Our applications are less exposed to cyber attacks, which prevents them from getting out of control and consume much more resources than they should.
- Saved us money by preventing attacks.
- The traffic control is much more bearable.
- App development is safer.
The use of this software was decided on because it is much easier to manage since the rules that are implemented can be specific or centralized. We also like it because you only pay for what you used.
Imperva SecureSphere requires a much higher learning curve.
Imperva SecureSphere requires a much higher learning curve.