Networking & Content Delivery
Category: Thought Leadership
Amazon VPC Lattice support for RDS Multi-AZ
In this post we review how Amazon VPC Lattice can provide simple and secure access to an Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployment using Amazon Resource Names (ARNs). Prerequisites We assume you are familiar with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and VPC Lattice concepts and capabilities. If you are unfamiliar with VPC Lattice please review Amazon VPC […]
Enabling out-of-band management for third-party appliances in AWS Cloud WAN
Introduction AWS Cloud WAN enables organizations to build and manage a global network across multiple AWS Regions. Through AWS Cloud WAN service insertion, you can integrate security appliances, either AWS-managed (such as AWS Network Firewall) or third-party solutions, to inspect and control traffic between network segments or outbound to the internet. Although AWS Cloud WAN […]
Introducing Amazon Route 53 authoritative DNS service for public hosted zones in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
We are excited to announce the general availability of Amazon Route 53 authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) service for public hosted zones in AWS GovCloud (US). You can now create and manage public hosted zones in AWS GovCloud (US) to manage DNS for internet-facing applications and create alias records with targets to AWS services such […]
United Airlines implement enterprise-wide resilience program with AWS
This blog is co-authored with Jenny Zhou, Principal Enterprise Architect at United Airlines In this blog, we will explore how United Airlines implemented an enterprise-wide resilience program using Amazon Web Services (AWS). United Airlines, a major U.S. airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, announced its United Next plan in 2021. United Next is the airline’s plan […]
Scale your SaaS application at the edge with the new Amazon CloudFront SaaS Manager
From startups to enterprises, thousands of software as a service (SaaS) solutions harness the power of Amazon CloudFront to secure, scale, and accelerate their applications globally. Building on over 16 years of innovation, we are introducing Amazon CloudFront SaaS Manager, a long-awaited capability for CloudFront customers. CloudFront SaaS Manager revolutionizes how platform providers manage multi-domain […]
AWS secures internet routing with RPKI plus security checks
In our previous post on demystifying AWS Data Transfer services, we briefly explained how AWS is designed from its foundation to be the most secure way for our users to run their workloads in the cloud. In this post, we build on that and focus on how AWS has the largest implementation1 of Resource Public […]
Simplify hybrid inspection using AWS Cloud WAN service insertion
Organizations face the complex challenge when managing and securing networks across multiple AWS Regions, cloud environments, and on-premises locations. AWS Cloud WAN helps users manage distributed networks through a unified approach. The service streamlines network management by providing a single network policy framework, segmentation capabilities, dynamic route propagation, and monitoring through a centralized dashboard. AWS […]
Simplifying Egress Inspection with AWS Cloud WAN Service Insertion for Greenfield Deployments
AWS Cloud WAN is a managed wide area networking (WAN) service that helps you build, manage, and monitor a unified global network connecting cloud and on-premises resources. In 2024, we launched service insertion, an AWS Cloud WAN feature that streamlines integrating security and inspection services into global networks. Using AWS Network Manager console or JSON policies, […]
How to use AWS WAF Bot Control for Targeted Bots signals and mitigate evasive bots with adaptive user experience
Introduction The AWS WAF Bot Control rule group includes rules for detecting and managing bot threats. These threats range from easily identified common bots through to coordinated targeted bots that evade detection by operating across multiple hosts. Like any other security controls, Amazon Web Services (AWS) WAF Bot Control for Targeted Bots rules can also […]
Encrypt DNS queries using DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) with Amazon Route 53 Resolver Endpoints
Customers frequently use on-premises DNS infrastructure to resolve DNS queries for internal domains. In 2018, we announced Amazon Route 53 Resolver endpoints, which enable customers to integrate Route 53 with their on-premises DNS infrastructure for hybrid DNS resolution. In 2023, we improved this integration by providing customers the ability to encrypt DNS queries and responses […]