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Author: Achraf Souk
Achraf is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS with more than 15 years of experience in cloud, security, and networking. He works closely with customers across industries to design resilient, fast, and secure web applications. A frequent writer and speaker, he enjoys simplifying deeply technical topics for a wider audience. Achraf has a track record in building and scaling technical organizations.
How to customize your response to layer 7 DDoS attacks using AWS WAF Anti-DDoS AMR
Over the first half of this year, AWS WAF introduced new application-layer protections to address the growing trend of short-lived, high-throughput Layer 7 (L7) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These protections are provided through the AWS WAF Anti-DDoS AWS Managed Rules (Anti-DDoS AMR) rule group. While the default configuration is effective for most workloads, […]