Setting up AWS Firewall Manager policies - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director
This documentation is a draft for private preview for regions in the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Documentation content will continue to evolve. Published: January 6, 2026.

Introducing a new console experience for AWS WAF

You can now use the updated experience to access AWS WAF functionality anywhere in the console. For more details, see Working with the console.

Setting up AWS Firewall Manager policies

You can use AWS Firewall Manager to enable a number of different types of security policies. The steps for getting set up are slightly different for each.