Understanding AWS Shield: Protection Against DDoS Attacks

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS. DDoS attacks are malicious attempts to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic. The Question Which AWS service provides managed protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks for applications running on AWS? A) AWS WAF B) AWS Shield C) Amazon Inspector D) AWS KMS Topic Explanation: AWS Shield AWS Shield is designed to provide always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency. It comes in two tiers: AWS Shield Standard and AWS Shield Advanced. AWS Shield Standard is automatically enabled for all AWS customers at no additional cost. It protects against the most common, frequently occurring network and transport layer (Layer 3 and 4) DDoS attacks. AWS Shield Advanced provides add