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Habits Of An Effective AWS Web Application Firewall

2016-09-13by Venkateswarlu Katari

Layer 7 security has never been more important especially after the world is going cloud. Startups and new age growth companies want to focus on promoting and executing their businesses without worrying about hosting and security.

That is where web application firewalls come in. Today, companies on platforms like Amazon Web Services are aggressively looking for AWS WAF and I am going to tell you what you should look for in them.

1.  Proactive

Web application firewall should not only protect existing vulnerabilities but should actively look for newer ones too. Of course, it means human intervention where experts patch the zero day vulnerabilities quickly before hackers can exploit them. Look for a firewall that offers this facility at the application layer.

2.  Adaptable

It should be in constant communication with the security experts to get updates on latest attack trends. Many of the WAFs available in the market are closed to the real world. They act like a box that works on age old rules and do not want to listen about what is happening in the real world. Companies should ideally avoid any such kind of stout security technique for the long run.  

3.  Distributed Denial of Services

There is absolutely no way to automated distributed denial of services attack prevention. Attackers are always coming up with newer ways to send zombie traffic and machine cannot really differentiate it from the real traffic. Ultimately, servers get overwhelmed and crash. In fact, many attackers ask for ransom against these kinds of attacks. A good AWS WAF should offer managed DDoS protection where traffic is continuously monitored for attack patterns and blocked when spam is spotted.

Going cloud saves you a lot of resources but getting the right AWS Web Application Firewall can not only prevent data breaches but also website downtime.  

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Venkateswarlu Katari - Digital Marketing Executive | Indusface

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