AWS Shield

AWS Shield

  • Used for DDoS protection
  • Comes in 2 flavours:
    • AWS Shield Standard:
      • Free service that is activated by default for every AWS costumer
      • Provides protection from attacks such as SYN/UDP Floods, Reflection attacks and other layer 3/layer 4 attacks
    • AWS Shield Advanced:
      • Optial DDoS mitigation service ($3k per month)
      • Protects against more sophisticated attacks on EC2, ELB, CloudFront, Global Accelerator, Route 53
      • 24/7 access to AWS DDoS response team (DRP)
      • Protects against higher fees during spikes due to DDoS