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AWS Shield

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service designed to safeguard applications running on AWS. It provides automatic detection and mitigation of DDoS attacks, helping to ensure the availability and performance of your applications. AWS Shield offers two levels of protection: Standard, which protects against common network and transport layer attacks, and Advanced, which provides additional protections against larger and more sophisticated attacks.