Security News > 2020 > November > AWS Network Firewall: Network protection across all AWS workloads

Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of AWS Network Firewall, a new managed security service that makes it easier for customers to enable network protections across all of their AWS workloads.

AWS provides protections to help customers secure their networks, such as AWS Web Application Firewall to protect internet-facing web applications, AWS Shield to safeguard against Distributed Denial of Service attacks, and AWS Firewall Manager which provides central management and visibility across all firewall controls on AWS. While these and other protections combine to provide highly secure and flexible layers of defense, many customers also want a simple way to apply and manage blanket network protections across all of their workloads.

With AWS Network Firewall, customers can easily deploy granular network protections across their entire AWS environment, without the need to configure and manage additional security infrastructure.

"When we talk to customers about what they want in a cloud network firewall they tell us that they want network protections that work with their existing security systems and without the headache of managing the underlying infrastructure," said Steve Schmidt, CISO, AWS. "AWS Network Firewall provides scalable network protections that allow customers to deploy highly customizable rules for their entire AWS infrastructure, and integrates with many of the APN partner services that customers already use. Best of all, there's no need to configure or maintain additional infrastructure."

AWS Network Firewall integrates with AWS Firewall Manager, allowing customers to build policies based on AWS Network Firewall rules and centrally apply those policies across their VPCs and accounts through the AWS Firewall Manager Console and API. Leading providers, including Accenture, Alert Logic, Check Point Software Technologies, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Fortinet, Hashicorp, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Rackspace, Splunk, SumoLogic, Trend Micro, and Tufin have built integrations with the firewall, with more coming soon.

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