Configuring secure access and restricting access to content

CloudFront provides several options for securing content that it delivers. The following are some ways you can use CloudFront to secure and restrict access to content:

• Configure HTTPS connections

• Prevent users in specific geographic locations from accessing content

• Require users to access content using CloudFront signed URLs or signed cookies

• Set up field-level encryption for specific content fields

• Use AWS WAF to control access to your content

Topics

• Using HTTPS with CloudFront
• Using alternate domain names and HTTPS
• Serving private content with signed URLs and signed cookies
• Restricting access to an AWS origin
• Restricting access to Application Load Balancers
• Using AWS WAF to control access to your content
• Restricting the geographic distribution of your content
• Using field-level encryption to help protect sensitive data