Getting started with AWS Shield network security director - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director

Introducing a new console experience for AWS WAF

You can now use the updated experience to access AWS WAF functionality anywhere in the console. For more details, see Working with the updated console experience.

Getting started with AWS Shield network security director

Before you begin using network security director, make sure you've completed the setup steps described in Setting up your account to use AWS Shield network security director.

The following workflow guides you through analyzing and improving your network security configuration:

  1. Run a network analysis - Run your first network analysis to identify potential security issues in your AWS environment.

  2. Identify resources with security issues - Review the Dashboard to understand which of your resources have security findings that need attention.

  3. Find remediation steps for your highest severity resources - Get recommendations for improving the security configuration of your resources.

  4. Analyze network security with Amazon Q Developer - Use Amazon Q Developer to analyze your network security configurations in natural language.