Implementation

Select a starting point

After you have identified your requirements, you must decide which application to start with. If you are new to AWS WAF, AWS recommends starting with a non-critical application when possible. This approach allows you to familiarize yourself with the new platform, and tune your configuration, while limiting the risks of misconfiguration to your business. AWS also recommends starting with an application that you have a good understanding of the application traffic patterns. This approach allows you to quickly identify the impact of deploying WAF on your application traffic so that you can tune accordingly.