AWS Firewall Manager Reviews

I use AWS Firewall Manager primarily for cybersecurity solutions, particularly for AWS Firewall Manager.

AWS Firewall Manager can be the control plane for multiple deployed applications like CloudFront and any other network firewall, BPF, and VPC. Everything can be managed with one dashboard. It reduces the time needed for security management tasks.

Our primary use case involves managing cloud infrastructure and automating deployment processes. The environment comprises a hybrid cloud setup integrating both on-premises and cloud-based resources.

The solution has notably increased our operational efficiency and reduced the need for manual intervention. It has streamlined our deployment processes and offered enhanced scalability, contributing to overall productivity.

We primarily use it for the file transfer aspect of our operations. We establish connections with vendor sites, specifically their file transfer servers, and engage in a substantial volume of file transfers to and from these sites. Vendors also utilize various applications to connect with our internal systems, and when they need to connect to specific components of our internal applications, we use the firewall to manage and regulate these connections. Essentially, the firewall comes into play when we want to restrict access to certain parts of our internal infrastructure.

The most valuable feature is its user-friendly interface. It allows us to navigate and grasp the fundamental concepts relatively easily. Once we have a solid foundation, we can then delve into the documented resources that are exceptionally well-structured. Also, the strength of the community is invaluable. In any software journey, encountering challenges is inevitable, and it is quite beneficial how swiftly we can address and resolve these issues with the support of the community.

We use the product to block IPs and portals generating unusual server traffic.

The product is easy to manage. It has centralized cloud firewall management rules. It provides compliance in tracking and reporting.

We are currently developing a UI and a set of tools for users to be able to easily configure their AWS firewall. The AWS Firewall Manager is one of the solutions that were are working with for this.

For industries such as banking and finance, there are regulatory requirements and compliance policies that companies have to pass. For example, if it is an application that requires the transfer of money then specific compliance would be in place. The AWS Firewall Manager makes it easy to configure and select the type of security required for the industry.

The interface is intuitive and it is easy for the users.

We control traffic through Firewall Manager. You can set up security access groups and create a whitelist for some servers. We connect to a VPN in the office and our cloud instances. Then we whitelist the office IP through a security access group. We connect the instances to the servers and access the rest of the machines or servers. 

AWS Firewall Manager isn't a separate solution when you create the virtual private cloud (VPC), so you can control the traffic through that security group. 

I manage the AWS Cloud infrastructure for my organization and I use the Amazon firewall.

We have developed a couple of portals related to the HR industry, in particular the recruitment. As part of it, we have used all of the services required to deploy a typical job portal, starting from route managers. We have DNS servers, web servers, app servers, database servers, and S3 buckets. We also perform API calls from the file services.

I have managed different instances of the firewall and this solution is another layer that helps me with centralized management. We do not concern ourselves with analysis and the determination of root cause when problems occur.

This solution helps us better manage our firewalls and we were able to set up rules to block unwanted requests. This reduces the amount of traffic within our infrastructure.

We used to get traffic from unwanted locations, such as from countries where we do not have any users. This is now gone and we can monitor the status in real-time.

We use the publication firewalls to manage all these rules and the group view. It's for all the GDPR rules for the publication firewalls rules. In every department each day we discuss the GDPR calls, or we'll have acquired rules. Some of the rules can be copies of the all the existing rules plus a few nuances that each has. 

The most valuable feature is the centrally managed rule. I also like the central orchestration.