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AWS Shield

Maximize application availability and responsiveness with managed DDoS protection

How it works

AWS Shield is a managed DDoS protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS.

Diagram showing how Shield Advanced tailors protection against DDoS events.
AWS Shield Animated Explainer Video (1:31)
Why AWS Shield?
AWS Shield Advanced is a tailored protection program that identifies threats using exabyte-scale detection to aggregate data across AWS.

Use cases

Automatically scrub bad traffic at specific layers

Protect applications and APIs from SYN floods, UDP floods, or other reflection attacks.
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Minimize application downtime and latency

Deploy inline mitigations such as deterministic packet filtering and priority-based traffic shaping to stop basic network-layer attacks.
Learn more about protecting latency-sensitive applications »

Monitor and protect up to 1,000 resource types

Activate automatic detection, mitigation, or protection for each resource type per AWS account.
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Customers

How to get started

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Learn how to safeguard your applications with Shield.

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