AWS waf documentation change

Service: waf · 2025-06-19 · Documentation low

File: waf/latest/developerguide/what-is-aws-waf.md

Summary

Added documentation for AWS Shield network security director (preview) feature and updated console experience notice

Security assessment

Introduces AWS Shield network security director which analyzes security configurations and provides remediation guidance, but does not address a specific existing vulnerability. The change adds documentation for a new security feature rather than fixing a security issue.

Diff

diff --git a/waf/latest/developerguide/what-is-aws-waf.md b/waf/latest/developerguide/what-is-aws-waf.md
index d21bb2fad..1134bfef6 100644
--- a//waf/latest/developerguide/what-is-aws-waf.md
+++ b//waf/latest/developerguide/what-is-aws-waf.md
@@ -5 +5 @@
-AWS WAFShield AdvancedAWS Firewall Manager
+AWS WAFShield AdvancedAWS Shield network security directorAWS Firewall Manager
@@ -7 +7,5 @@ AWS WAFShield AdvancedAWS Firewall Manager
-# What are AWS WAF, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Firewall Manager?
+**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](./working-with-console.html). 
+
+# What are AWS WAF, AWS Shield Advanced, AWS Shield network security director and AWS Firewall Manager?
@@ -16,0 +21,2 @@ You can use [AWS WAF](./waf-chapter.html), [AWS Shield](./shield-chapter.html),
+  * What is AWS Shield network security director?
+
@@ -98,0 +105,6 @@ Shield Advanced provides expanded DDoS attack protection for your Amazon EC2 ins
+## What is AWS Shield network security director?
+
+AWS Shield network security director helps secure your AWS environment by discovering your compute, networking, and network security resources across your account. network security director evaluates each resource's security configuration by analyzing network topology and security configurations against AWS best practices and threat intelligence. To help you strengthen your security, network security director rates its findings from low to critical severity and shares specific remediation steps, which you can explore using natural language queries through Amazon Q Developer.
+
+For more information about AWS Shield network security director, see [AWS Shield network security director (preview)](./nsd-chapter.html).
+