Services always benefit from improvements, including AWS Shield. With respect to the Web Application Firewall, current rule-based setups may not be adequately defined or classified. Enhancement of service availability for smarter scenarios has room for development. Associated antivirus and network security enhancements are also potential areas for progression. Cost structures should be recalibrated to align with usage rather than a constant rate, and there's a need for a more federated and detailed approach to central and machine learning services. Improvements in response diagnostics and preventive measures are also highlighted.
DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
MSP
Top 5
Oct 8, 2025
AWS Shield Standard requires improvement, particularly regarding its dashboard since it currently provides limited coverage against comprehensive DDoS attacks. Making Shield Advanced features available in Standard would be beneficial as many startups may not afford a subscription. Additionally, integrating a dashboard on web servers would enhance visibility significantly. Regardless, AWS Shield Standard is a powerful tool.
Perhaps the time required to detect anomalies can be reduced. Presently, it takes some time to determine whether a situation is normal or abnormal. I am unsure how much this duration can be reduced, but if the integration process can happen more swiftly, ideally within minutes and seconds, it could lead to significant improvements.
The time taken to detect anomalies must be reduced. The tool has a few parameters based on which it tries to understand anomalies. It would be better if the anomalies were identified quickly.
Ultimately, the cost of the solution goes up as we add features, but I believe over time AWS has been adding more frequently asked features. Depending on the website, if our website has more transactions, more sensitive information, and more value, then, of course, we need more features. For us, we only require basic information, a website, some custom consumer, end user, and front-facing purposes. We end up having to pay extra for features that AWS adds that we don't need. The pricing of the solution can be improved.
Director of Cybersecurity Solutions at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
MSP
Aug 2, 2022
The management of it is a bit hard. If you don't engineer it on the front side, it is hard to go back in and change it. It could be improved in terms of architecture requirements and then ongoing support requirements as a secondary component to it. People tend to set up things like this, and they just expect it to work without the care and feeding that needs to go back into it either from an application team or a network environment team.
AWS Shield offers robust DDoS protection with seamless integration into AWS services, providing users with enhanced security without impacting performance. Its intuitive dashboard and integration with tools like WAF and CloudWatch make it a go-to for many organizations seeking reliable protection.AWS Shield provides real-time attack visibility and transparency, excelling in DDoS protection while maintaining application and network layer security. The Advanced tier offers automated threat...
Services always benefit from improvements, including AWS Shield. With respect to the Web Application Firewall, current rule-based setups may not be adequately defined or classified. Enhancement of service availability for smarter scenarios has room for development. Associated antivirus and network security enhancements are also potential areas for progression. Cost structures should be recalibrated to align with usage rather than a constant rate, and there's a need for a more federated and detailed approach to central and machine learning services. Improvements in response diagnostics and preventive measures are also highlighted.
AWS Shield Standard requires improvement, particularly regarding its dashboard since it currently provides limited coverage against comprehensive DDoS attacks. Making Shield Advanced features available in Standard would be beneficial as many startups may not afford a subscription. Additionally, integrating a dashboard on web servers would enhance visibility significantly. Regardless, AWS Shield Standard is a powerful tool.
Perhaps the time required to detect anomalies can be reduced. Presently, it takes some time to determine whether a situation is normal or abnormal. I am unsure how much this duration can be reduced, but if the integration process can happen more swiftly, ideally within minutes and seconds, it could lead to significant improvements.
The time taken to detect anomalies must be reduced. The tool has a few parameters based on which it tries to understand anomalies. It would be better if the anomalies were identified quickly.
The product needs to improve its logs and reports to make it read better.
The product is expensive.
Ultimately, the cost of the solution goes up as we add features, but I believe over time AWS has been adding more frequently asked features. Depending on the website, if our website has more transactions, more sensitive information, and more value, then, of course, we need more features. For us, we only require basic information, a website, some custom consumer, end user, and front-facing purposes. We end up having to pay extra for features that AWS adds that we don't need. The pricing of the solution can be improved.
The management of it is a bit hard. If you don't engineer it on the front side, it is hard to go back in and change it. It could be improved in terms of architecture requirements and then ongoing support requirements as a secondary component to it. People tend to set up things like this, and they just expect it to work without the care and feeding that needs to go back into it either from an application team or a network environment team.