What is AWS Web Application Firewall?
AWS WAF helps you protect against common web exploits and bots that can affect availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources. AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect web applications from attacks by allowing you to configure rules that allow, block, or monitor (count) web requests based on conditions that you define. These conditions include IP addresses, HTTP headers, HTTP body, URI strings, SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
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90 Likeliness to Recommend
93 Plan to Renew
84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
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AWS Web Application Firewall Reviews
Deepak K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Nov 2023
Guarding the Cloud: AWS WAF Review
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What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?
It provides a barrier between external and internal network traffic. It helps us to protect from common web attacks and vulnerabilities. It is highly scalable. It gives us flexibility to create custom rules. Also it offers comprehensive logging and monitoring capabilities.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I mostly like its logging and monitoring part because of this we can set up alerts on blocked traffics. And also its scalability.
What do you dislike most about this product?
As I am the user of this I felt that sometimes it is little bit costly if we use multiple WAFs for our wide range of projects.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would highly recommend this to others because it is scalable, and also by using AWS WAF we can easily block any unwanted traffic and also it works as a shield for us in case of any common web attacks.
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- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Unique Features
Rahul K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Nov 2023
Ease Implementation with more features
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?
AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a robust service designed to protect web applications from common web exploits. Here are some differentiating factors for AWS WAF: Integration with AWS Ecosystem: AWS WAF is seamlessly integrated with other AWS services, making it easy to incorporate into existing AWS environments. Integration with AWS CloudFront allows for scalable and efficient distribution of web content. Managed Service:
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
AWS WAF is a fully managed service, which means that AWS takes care of the underlying infrastructure, updates, and maintenance. Automatic scaling ensures that the service can handle varying levels of traffic without manual intervention. Global Reach: AWS WAF can be deployed globally, leveraging AWS's extensive network of data centers worldwide. The global presence helps in protecting web applications against threats from different geographic locations.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Costing can be more better for bigger picture , It's important to note that the competitive landscape in the cloud security space evolves, and other cloud service providers and third-party vendors may offer similar or additional features. Always refer to the most recent documentation and updates from AWS for the latest information on AWS WAF.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
AWS Marketplace Offerings: AWS Marketplace offers a variety of third-party security solutions that can be integrated with AWS WAF for additional features and capabilities. Pay-as-You-Go Pricing Model: AWS WAF follows a pay-as-you-go pricing model, allowing users to pay only for the resources they consume. This flexible pricing structure is aligned with the scalability of AWS services. Ease of Use: AWS WAF is designed to be user-friendly with a straightforward configuration process through the AWS Management Console or API. Pre-configured rulesets and managed rule groups simplify the setup for common security threats.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Laxman T.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2023
Awesome tool for application security
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What differentiates AWS Web Application Firewall from other similar products?
It provides application security .no external apis can access the api, until we create a rule to unblock it
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Security, application security provides security to application from external api
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing much ,it is awesome tool from amazon
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Great tool in AWS ,provide application security from external api until you unblock It
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing