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AWS Network Firewall

Last updated May 19, 2025, generated by Sumble

What is AWS Network Firewall?

AWS Network Firewall is a managed service that allows you to deploy essential network protections for all your Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). It provides features like stateful firewalling, intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS), and web filtering to protect your network traffic. It's commonly used to centrally manage and enforce network security policies across multiple VPCs, inspect traffic based on custom rules, and block malicious activity.

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What other technologies are related to AWS Network Firewall?

AWS Network Firewall Competitor Technologies

AWS WAF

AWS WAF is a web application firewall that protects web applications from common web exploits. While Network Firewall protects VPCs generally, WAF protects web applications specifically, making them competitors in some use cases.

mentioned alongside AWS Network Firewall in 4% (75) of relevant job posts

Security Groups

Security Groups control inbound and outbound traffic for EC2 instances. While more granular than Network Firewall, they serve a similar purpose of controlling network traffic, and therefore are competitors.

mentioned alongside AWS Network Firewall in 1% (54) of relevant job posts

AWS Network Firewall Complementary Technologies

AWS Security Hub

AWS Security Hub provides a central view of your security posture across AWS. Network Firewall findings can be integrated into Security Hub, making them complementary.

mentioned alongside AWS Network Firewall in 1% (69) of relevant job posts

AWS GuardDuty

AWS GuardDuty is a threat detection service that monitors for malicious activity. Network Firewall provides a network-level security layer, and GuardDuty monitors for threats, so they can work together.

mentioned alongside AWS Network Firewall in 1% (56) of relevant job posts

AWS CloudTrail

AWS CloudTrail tracks API calls and provides audit logs. CloudTrail logs actions related to Network Firewall, making them complementary.

mentioned alongside AWS Network Firewall in 0% (67) of relevant job posts