AWS Shield Advanced for DDoS Protection

Challenges

ABC operates a set of customer-facing APIs that support real-time services in finance and retail. After experiencing repeated volumetric DDoS attacks targeting their APIs during business hours, their team sought a solution that could offer immediate mitigation, cost protection, and expert guidance.

Solutions

ABC implemented AWS Shield Advanced on its CloudFront distributions, API Gateway endpoints, and Route 53 zones.

Key steps included:

Enabling automatic DDoS mitigation and traffic anomaly detection

Integrating AWS WAF for application-level protections such as rate limiting

Configuring CloudWatch dashboards for real-time visibility

Working with the AWS DDoS Response Team to optimize response plans

Using AWS Firewall Manager to enforce Shield policies across multiple AWS accounts

Results

Mitigated multiple DDoS attempts with zero service disruption

Reduced response time from hours to minutes through automated defense

Avoided infrastructure scaling costs with DDoS cost protection credits

Gained actionable insights from detailed attack reports and traffic analysis

Strengthened compliance posture for availability and uptime SLAs

By deploying AWS Shield Advanced, ABC successfully strengthened its external-facing API infrastructure against DDoS threats. The proactive monitoring, automated mitigation, and access to AWS security experts helped ensure consistent service delivery and gave the team greater confidence in their cloud defenses.

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