Network & Application Security
Layer-7 defenses, ZTNA for workforce apps, stateful L3-L7 firewalling, and production-grade VPC patterns.
WAF managed rules and a default VPC are not enough for any serious production workload. The guides below cover layer-7 defenses, API-specific rate limiting and bot protection, AWS Verified Access for AWS-native ZTNA (replacing legacy VPN for workforce app access with IAM Identity Center / OIDC trust providers and Cedar policy), AWS Network Firewall plus Firewall Manager for stateful L3-L7 inspection at multi-account scale, and VPC patterns that hold up under real traffic and regulatory scope.
Part of the AWS Security & Compliance hub.
Guides
AWS WAF blocks attacks. It also blocks legitimate users when the rules are wrong — and that's a worse incident. Managed rule groups, custom rules, rate limiting, bot control, and the layered defense strategy that protects without flooding your support queue.
AWS WAF protects APIs from SQL injection, XSS, DDoS, and account takeover attacks. This guide covers advanced WAF rules, rate limiting, bot control, and production patterns for defending REST APIs and GraphQL endpoints.
A VPC misdesign at month two becomes a multi-quarter migration at year two. CIDR planning, subnet strategies, NAT gateways, VPC endpoints, Transit Gateway, and the network architecture patterns that scale without forcing a re-IP.
AWS Verified Access is the AWS-native Zero-Trust Network Access service for workforce app access. This guide covers deploying Verified Access endpoints, configuring trust providers (IAM Identity Center, OIDC, device-posture from Jamf / CrowdStrike / Jumpcloud), writing Cedar policies, and migrating workforce traffic off Client VPN.
AWS Network Firewall is the AWS-native stateful L3-L7 firewall for VPCs; Firewall Manager pushes a single policy across every account in your AWS Organization. This guide covers production deployment, Suricata rule design, TLS inspection, multi-account distribution, and how Network Firewall composes with WAF, Shield, and Verified Access.
Services
Engagements where we apply the patterns above to your specific environment, regulatory scope, and threat model.
AWS security consulting from an AWS Select Tier Partner. 2-week assessment, 4–6 week remediation, zero disruption. IAM hardening, public exposure, compliance gaps, and continuous monitoring.
AWS-aware penetration testing — IAM privilege escalation, S3 misconfiguration, instance metadata exploitation, web app and API testing. OSCP-certified testers, OWASP/PTES methodology, AWS-compliant scope.
Related subtopics
Sibling subtopics that buyers usually evaluate alongside this one.
Continuous monitoring, agentless vulnerability scanning, OCSF data lakes, forensic investigation, and automated remediation.
Least-privilege patterns, workforce SSO with identity propagation, customer auth, and fine-grained Cedar-policy authorization.
Multi-account is where compliance scope is either won or quietly lost. Control Tower, landing-zone topology, automated conformance packs, and drift detection — the patterns that hold scope at 50+ accounts.
FAQ
Our consulting engagements apply this guidance to your specific environment, regulatory scope, and threat model.
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