Security, Identity, and Compliance
RecognitionAWS Firewall Manager
Central administration of supported firewall and security policies across accounts and resources in an organization.
Key points
- It rolls out policy consistently; the underlying services such as WAF, Shield, security groups, or Network Firewall enforce traffic controls.
Best-known use cases
- Apply a common WAF or Network Firewall policy across accounts.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Firewall Manager manages policies centrally; Network Firewall performs stateful VPC traffic inspection.
Key takeaway
Choose Firewall Manager for organization-wide firewall policy administration.
Related services
- AWS WAF
- AWS Shield
- AWS Network Firewall
- AWS Organizations
Relevant exam tasks
- D1.2