Hardening Your Insurance App

Insurance will always be a sensitive topic. It's pivotal to ensure that your insurance app is protected from threats—whether from malicious IP addresses or attackers in specific regions. Worry less—AWS WAF's got you covered.

Step 1: Open Amplify Console

Select your app “rider-shield” from Amplify console in your AWS Account. Navigate to “App Settings” then click “General”

Click “Enable Firewall”👇

Step 2: Enable Amplify-Recommended Firewall Protection

Turn on the “Enable Amplify-recommended Firewall protection.” option for:

• Block pattern attacks that are known in your web app.

• Vulnerability scanning detection and respondence

• Defence against traffic that might be malicious

Step 3: Restrict Access to amplifyapp.com

To only let specific ips (ipv4 or ipv6) click “Allow” then enter the ip address in the text area👇

To block specific ips (ipv4 or ipv6) click “Deny” then enter the ip address in the text area

Step 4: Add Country Filtering

Turn on the “Enable country protection” option. To block specific regions geographically click “Block” or “Allow” to allow specific countries.

Step 5: Add Firewall

Click “Add Firewall”

For developers who want to view and debug traffic requests blocked click the “View WAF logs” from the Firewall dashboard that shows up.

To edit the setting for the WAF click “Edit firewall settings” or “Disassociate firewall” to remove the firewall.

And boom🙌 the firewall is now enabled and your web app is now secure from threats.

Learn more about AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) here: AWS WAF Documentation

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