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AWS Shield

9.1 /10
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AWS Shield
9.1 /10

What is AWS Shield?

AWS Shield is a managed DDoS protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. AWS Shield Advanced is a tailored protection program that identifies threats using exabyte-scale detection to aggregate data across AWS.

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AWS Shield Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

92 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS Shield?

0% Negative
0% Neutral
100% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 92

Resource Scaling

97

Threat Analytics

94

SIEM Integration

94

Attack Notifications

91

Packet Inspection

91

IP Address Quarantine/Blacklist

91

Autonomous Mitigation

89

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 88

Business Value Created

90

Quality of Features

89

Ease of IT Administration

89

Usability and Intuitiveness

88

Breadth of Features

88

Availability and Quality of Training

88

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

88

Ease of Implementation

88

Ease of Customization

87

Vendor Support

87

Ease of Data Integration

84

AWS Shield Reviews

Ronak P.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Security is Best

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?

Better DDOS mitigation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Quick Response Team

What do you dislike most about this product?

Price is bit higher

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best Cloud Security Tool

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Bryan M.

  • Role: Human Resources
  • Industry: Utilities
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Resources for AWS cloud computing.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?

A network Firewall is unquestionably one of AWS's best solutions. However, it still needs to be the best. VPCs in AWS has a network structure that is more complex than it has to be. On the plus side, nevertheless, it has an adaptable design. Recently, managed rules were made available. It will be simpler to utilize the more enhanced and fulfilled there are.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The system was simple to create and use, and AWS Firewall Manager simplified administration. The Managed Services option has fewer resource restrictions and administrative burdens. The inherent integration of the public cloud makes installation and use simpler. Integrated IPS Avoiding physical infrastructure reliance and maintenance expenses. A significant aspect is the system's capacity to scale up or down in response to the needs of a specific resource.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Only if we are engaged in the developer support plan is support for the product available, as the device needs professional assistance during the initial configuration. Configuring or syncing between platforms is complex. Regular admins must manually assemble the rules for various categories through the command line.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Used for a project with a large user base and scalability using AWS. To swiftly update the network, we may utilize the software to monitor general network activity and track security flaws. The supplier is open and interested in working with our business. Getting to meet the employees in person has been fun for us.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Mark S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Works good but need many improvements

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Shield from other similar products?

AWS shield is a managed service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for defending against Distributed Denial of Service attacks on your specific service or application hosted on AWS. The continuous requests from the hacker in this assault render your application unable to service users in the real world hence security from such an attack is essential.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The Shield is quite simple to set up, which I appreciate. Furthermore, other than setting it up, a person needs absolutely no expertise of it. The Security Team only needs to designate a system administrator to work on the subsequent issue instead of describing the types of attacks that occur and how to defend against them.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Having few alternatives for security against SQL injections and restricted capacities for defense against DoS is something I would say I do not like. I want to be able to plan a certain defense and have it go off at a specific time. Billing quickly becomes confusing due to certain of its features interfering with other services.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I advise utilizing AWS Shield to protect your AWS-hosted applications. DDos is one of the most significant hazards that this generation of applications may encounter if necessary safeguards are not taken, as you may already know if you look for it online. Therefore, it is worthwhile to integrate AWS shield into your AWS application since it offers DDos security for your AWS applications at a significantly reduced cost.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy