AWS WAF is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region

Posted on: Oct 31, 2024

Starting today, you can use AWS WAF in the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region.

AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps you protect your web application resources against common web exploits and bots that can affect availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources. You can protect the following resource types: Amazon CloudFront distributions, Amazon API Gateway REST APIs, Application Load Balancer, AWS AppSync GraphQL API, AWS App Runner, AWS Verified Access, and Amazon Cognito user pools.

To see the full list of regions where AWS WAF is currently available, visit the AWS Region Table. Please note that only core AWS WAF features like AWS Managed Rules and rules are currently available in these new regions. For more information about the service, visit the AWS WAF page. AWS WAF pricing may vary between regions. For more information about pricing, visit the AWS WAF Pricing page.