Use cases
The following are example use cases for using this solution. You can customize this solution in innovative ways that aren’t limited to this list.
Automate the setup of AWS WAF rules
AWS WAF protects your web application from common attacks; however, setting up AWS WAF rules can be complicated and time consuming. To help you, this solution automatically deploys a set of AWS WAF rules into your account with a CloudFormation template. This way, you don’t need to configure AWS WAF rules yourself, and you can get started with AWS WAF faster.
Customize layer 7 HTTP Flood protection
This solution provides three options to activate HTTP Flood protection. You can select the option that fits your needs to gain protection against DDoS attacks. For more information, see Provide layer 7 flood protection with pre-defined HTTP Flood custom rule in Features and benefits.
Leverage the source code for applying customization or building your own security automations
This solution provides an example for how to use AWS WAF and other services to build security automations on the AWS Cloud. Its open source code in GitHub
