AWS re:Invent 2024 - How to optimize costs with AWS WAF (CDN201)

Organizations often expose their internet-facing services without proper protection, leaving them vulnerable to unwanted traffic. This unwanted traffic can result in significant financial burdens due to excessive data transfer costs and resource consumption. In this lightning talk, discover how to leverage AWS WAF to safeguard your web applications and APIs from common cyber threats like web exploits, malicious bots, and fraud attempts. Learn configuration best practices to effectively reduce unwanted traffic and costs. Additionally, explore how to seamlessly integrate AWS WAF with other AWS services, further enhancing your security posture and cost-optimization efforts. Learn more: AWS re:Invent: https://go.aws/reinvent. More AWS events: https://go.aws/3kss9CP Subscribe: More AWS videos: http://bit.ly/2O3zS75 More AWS events videos: http://bit.ly/316g9t4 About AWS: Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosts events, both online and in-person, bringing the cloud computing community together to connect, collaborate, and learn from AWS experts. AWS is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster. #AWSreInvent #AWSreInvent2024