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How to dynamically adapt your response to changing threat levels using AWS WAF

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This article explains how to dynamically adapt your AWS WAF web access control list (web ACL) based on changing threat levels. It introduces a solution that allows you to switch between predefined versions of your web ACL by updating a parameter in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Overview of the solution architecture
  • Step-by-step instructions to deploy and test the solution
  • Example of defining three threat level versions of a web ACL
  • How to automate switching between versions based on metrics or events
  • Cleanup steps to remove the deployed resources
  • Conclusion highlighting the benefits of the solution


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