Edge networking with AWS
Secure and performant networking for user-facing application data
Why Edge networking with AWS?
AWS edge services deliver faster, more secure, and highly reliable applications worldwide by moving content and computing closer to users. Core services like Amazon CloudFront, AWS WAF, Lambda@Edge, CloudFront Functions, and AWS Global Accelerator work together to enhance your application delivery. These services provide single-digit millisecond latency using AWS's dedicated 100Gbps fiber network and advanced protocols. They improve security by moving traffic off the public internet, encrypting data, and defending against threats. Reliability is enhanced through automatic failovers and multi-region redundancy, while edge computing allows for customized content delivery and authentication at edge locations.Start building with AWS edge services today. AWS Free Tier includes 50GB data transfer out, 2,000,000 HTTP and HTTPS Requests, and 2,000,000 CloudFront Functions invocations.
Benefits
Security
Secure your edge networking workloads on AWS through comprehensive perimeter protection layered with networking traffic encryption and access controls. AWS Shield Standard defends traffic transmitted through an AWS edge location from DDoS and malicious web attacks at no additional charge to you. For application protection, you can integrate AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) using your own rules or leverage Managed Rules for AWS WAF, a pre-configured set of rules managed by AWS or AWS Marketplace Sellers.
Performance
AWS enables you to improve your application performance by providing access to dispersed and connected infrastructure through global multi-service Points of Presence (PoPs). AWS PoPs have the full AWS edge networking service stack at each location with caching, network connectivity, edge compute, and perimeter protection. These 700+ global PoPs are connected by AWS Global Infrastructure’s redundant 100Gbps dedicated fibers providing single-digit millisecond network latency between applications in an AWS Region and edge locations.
Ease of use
Work in a familiar environment with industry leading AWS integration. AWS edge networking services can be setup in minutes within the AWS management console manually, with 1-click acceleration, or by following AWS SDKs. Benefit from native integration with AWS resources and a community of builders working together using the same tools.
Cost savings
Delivering data through edge locations reduces your application costs by limiting and consolidating requests. Any cache-able data transferred to AWS edge locations from an AWS resources incurs no additional charge. All AWS edge networking services are pay as you go, with no upfront costs, and no minimum usage. Customers willing to make a long term commitment can sign-up for self-service discounts, such as the CloudFront savings bundle.
Use cases
Performance and availability
Internet users increasingly expect responsive web applications and APIs with lower latency and higher availability. Fast and reliable user experiences contribute to better ranking on search engines, and increased user engagement.
Addressing risks of cyberthreats
Publicly accessible web applications and APIs are exposed to threats such as commonly occurring vulnerabilities described in the OWASP Top 10 like SQL injection, automated requests by malicious bots, and DDoS attacks that can affect availability, compromise security, or consume excessive resources.
Serverless at the edge
Developers are looking for tools to help them easily build modern web applications, and seamlessly integrate with origins in the Cloud or on premises.