AWS WAF Masterclass: Security & Automation

Learn to design, deploy, and automate AWS WAF like a security engineer — not just click through the console.

The "AWS WAF Masterclass" gives you a thorough, hands-on understanding of AWS Web Application Firewall and its role in protecting web applications from real-world cyber threats. Through practical labs and real configurations, you'll go from WAF fundamentals to advanced, production-ready security automation.

What you'll learn:

• WAF Fundamentals — What AWS WAF is, how it compares to IPS, and the core concepts behind Web ACLs, Rule Groups, and conditions

• Rule Configuration — Build and customize rules, filters, actions, and priority logic to match your traffic patterns

• Advanced Protections — Rate-based and IP-based rules, geolocation filtering, whitelisting/blacklisting, and defenses against XSS and SQL injection attacks

• AWS Integration — Connect WAF with Amazon CloudFront, Application Load Balancer, API Gateway, AWS Firewall Manager, and Lambda

• Security Automation — Manage WAF using the AWS CLI, API, and CloudFormation, plus CI/CD pipeline integration for rule updates

• Monitoring & Optimization — Analyze WAF logs and metrics, reduce false positives/negatives, and build cost-efficient, scalable architectures

• Real-World Scenarios — Protect static and dynamic websites, mitigate DDoS attacks alongside AWS Shield, and secure a live WordPress login with WAF

By the end of this course, you'll be able to design and deploy robust, automated WAF architectures — protecting real applications against common attack vectors while keeping performance and cost in check.

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of AWS services and web application security fundamentals.

This course is for: Cloud engineers, security practitioners, DevOps professionals, and AWS administrators who want practical, real-world skills in web application firewall configuration and automation.