AWS Firewall Manager
AWS Firewall Manager is a security management service that allows you to centrally configure and manage firewall rules across your AWS accounts and applications in AWS Organizations. It simplifies the administration of AWS WAF, AWS Shield Advanced, VPC security groups, and AWS Network Firewall by enabling you to set up and enforce consistent security policies. This helps ensure compliance and protect resources from threats like web attacks and DDoS attacks across your entire AWS environment.
Developers and security teams should use AWS Firewall Manager when managing multiple AWS accounts or applications that require uniform security policies, such as in large enterprises or multi-tenant environments. It is particularly useful for automating compliance with security standards (e.g., PCI DSS) and reducing manual configuration errors by centrally deploying firewall rules. Use cases include protecting web applications with AWS WAF rules, securing VPCs with consistent security group policies, and mitigating DDoS attacks with AWS Shield across all accounts.