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AWS WAF is Now Available in Two New Regions! WafCharm & Managed Rules are also Available! (Milan, Cape Town)

This post was originally written in Japanese in the past.

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. List of Supported Regions of AWS WAF
  3. 3. WafCharm Availability
  4. 4. CSC’s Managed Rules Availability

    1. Introduction

    On September 1st, 2020 (PDT), AWS WAF and AWS Shield Advanced have been made available in two new regions: Milan and Cape Town.

    AWS WAF and AWS Shield Advanced Now Available in Africa (Cape Town) and EU (Milan)

    Following this, WafCharm and CSC’s managed rules (Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF -HighSecurity OWASP Set-, Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF Classic -OWASP Set-, and Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF -API Gateway/Serverless-) have also been available for use in the two regions.

    Below is the list of supported regions for AWS WAF, WafCharm, and CSC’s Managed Rules as of September 1st, 2020 (PDT).

    2. List of Supported Regions of AWS WAF

    US Region

    Europe/Middle East/Africa

    Asia Pacific

    *Checkmarks in red (✔︎*) are for newly available regions.

    AWS Regional Services List
    https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regional-product-services/?nc1=h_ls

    3. WafCharm Availability

    You can select the following two new regions from:
    WafCharm management screen> Web ACL Config> "Choose your AWS region"

    • Milan (eu-south-1)
    • Cape Town (af-south-1)

    If you are using or considering using the two new regions, please consider implementing WafCharm as part of web security strategy.

    WafCharm also has been updated to accommodate AWS WAF updates released on November 25th, 2019.
    Related blog post:
    WafCharm is now compatible with the new AWS WAF

    About WafCharm
    Product page:https://www.wafcharm.com/en/

    4. CSC’s Managed Rules Availability

    With the expansion of AWS WAF regions, CSC’s Managed Rules will also be available in the two new regions.

    Since February 20th, 2019, Cyber Security Cloud has started selling Managed Rules as a certified seller on the AWS Marketplace.

    CSC’s Managed Rules:
    Product names:

    • Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF Classic -OWASP Set-
    • Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF -HighSecurity OWASP Set-
    • Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules for AWS WAF -API Gateway/Serverless-

    Product page: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=baeac351-6b7c-429d-bb20-7709f11783b2

    Please refer to the blog below for procedures for purchasing and using the AWS WAS Managed Rules.

    Blog: https://www.wafcharm.com/en/blog/aws-waf-managed-rule-subscription/