AWS whitepapers documentation change
Summary
Replaced 'ELB' abbreviation with 'Elastic Load Balancing' in DDoS protection documentation
Security assessment
Terminology clarification only. Existing security recommendations about Shield Advanced remain unchanged with no new vulnerabilities addressed.
Diff
diff --git a/whitepapers/latest/aws-caf-security-perspective/infrastructure-protection.md b/whitepapers/latest/aws-caf-security-perspective/infrastructure-protection.md index 6eab17d8f..eadb2076c 100644 --- a//whitepapers/latest/aws-caf-security-perspective/infrastructure-protection.md +++ b//whitepapers/latest/aws-caf-security-perspective/infrastructure-protection.md @@ -120 +120 @@ If you experience bot activity, use [AWS Bot Control features](https://aws.amazo -For medium and large organizations, we recommend using [AWS Shield Advanced](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-overview.html) for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection. Shield Advanced provides additional detection and mitigation against large and sophisticated DDoS activities, and provides near real-time visibility into events. This is in addition to the layer 3 and 4 DDoS protection, and the application layer (layer 7) provided by [AWS Shield Standard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-standard-summary.html) for Amazon EC2, [ELB](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/index.html), [Amazon CloudFront](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/Introduction.html), [AWS Global Accelerator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/latest/dg/what-is-global-accelerator.html), and [Amazon Route 53](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/Welcome.html) resources. It also provides 24x7 access to the [Shield Response Team](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-srt-support.html) (SRT), and protection against DDoS-related spikes in your Amazon EC2, ELB, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Global Accelerator, and Amazon Route 53 charges. We also recommend enabling proactive engagement with Shield Advanced so that the SRT team can monitor the status of the resources proactively. +For medium and large organizations, we recommend using [AWS Shield Advanced](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-overview.html) for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection. Shield Advanced provides additional detection and mitigation against large and sophisticated DDoS activities, and provides near real-time visibility into events. This is in addition to the layer 3 and 4 DDoS protection, and the application layer (layer 7) provided by [AWS Shield Standard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-standard-summary.html) for Amazon EC2, [Elastic Load Balancing](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/userguide/index.html), [Amazon CloudFront](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/Introduction.html), [AWS Global Accelerator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/latest/dg/what-is-global-accelerator.html), and [Amazon Route 53](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/Welcome.html) resources. It also provides 24x7 access to the [Shield Response Team](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/ddos-srt-support.html) (SRT), and protection against DDoS-related spikes in your Amazon EC2, ELB, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Global Accelerator, and Amazon Route 53 charges. We also recommend enabling proactive engagement with Shield Advanced so that the SRT team can monitor the status of the resources proactively.