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AWS Network Firewall Geographic IP Filtering launch
- AWS Network Firewall is a managed service that provides a convenient way to deploy essential network protections for your virtual private clouds.
- Geographic IP Filtering, a new feature of Network Firewall that you can use to filter traffic based on geographic location and meet compliance requirements.
- Customers with internet-facing applications are constantly in need of advanced security features to protect their applications from threat actors.
- Previously, customers had to rely on third-party tools for retrieving an IP address list of specific countries and updating their firewall rules on a regular basis to meet applicable requirements.
- Now, with Geographic IP Filtering on Network Firewall, you can protect your application workloads based on the geolocation of the IP address.
- Geographic IP Filtering is supported in all AWS Regions where Network Firewall is available today, including the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions.
- You can configure Network Firewall Geographic IP Filtering in minutes using the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), AWS SDK, or the Network Firewall API.
- Suricata rule examples are given to pass, block, reject, and alert on traffic to or from a specific country.
- You can use the new Geographic IP Filtering feature in AWS Network Firewall to enhance your security posture by controlling traffic based on geographic locations.
- The Geographic IP Filtering feature serves as a vital tool for strengthening network security.
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