- Protection against most common network (layer 3) and transport (layer 4) DDoS attacks. Also works against application (layer 7) attacks.
- Shield Advanced protects against large and sophisticated DDoS attacks with real-time visibility, comes with 24x7 access to DDoS Response Team (DRT) during ongoing attacks and cost protection
- DDoS Mitigation (Shield, CloudFront, Route53)
- Be ready to scale (auto-scaling, ELB)
- Minimize attack surface area (SQS)
- Know what is normal and abnormal (CloudWatch, SNS)
- Create a plan
