AWS Shield

Used for DDoS protection
Comes in 2 flavours:
- AWS Shield Standard:
  - Free service that is activated by default for every AWS costumer
  - Provides protection from attacks such as SYN/UDP Floods, Reflection attacks and other layer 3/layer 4 attacks
- AWS Shield Advanced:
  - Optial DDoS mitigation service ($3k per month)
  - Protects against more sophisticated attacks on EC2, ELB, CloudFront, Global Accelerator, Route 53
  - 24/7 access to AWS DDoS response team (DRP)
  - Protects against higher fees during spikes due to DDoS