AWS Network Firewall now supports GenAI traffic visibility and enforcement with Web category-based filtering

AWS Network Firewall Enhancements

AWS Network Firewall now offers visibility into generative AI (GenAI) application traffic and supports traffic filtering based on web categories. This simplifies governance by enabling you to identify and control access to GenAI services, social media platforms, streaming sites, and other web categories directly within your firewall rules using pre-defined URL categories.

This approach helps security and compliance teams enforce consistent policies across their AWS environments while providing visibility into usage of emerging technologies like GenAI. You can now easily block access to inappropriate or high-risk domains, restrict GenAI tool usage to approved services, and meet regulatory requirements—all while reducing operational overhead. When combined with AWS Network Firewall's TLS inspection feature, you can inspect the full URL path using category-based rules for even more granular control.

This feature is available in all AWS commercial regions where AWS Network Firewall is supported.

What to do

• Visit the AWS Network Firewall product page and service documentation to learn more.
• Update your stateful rule groups in the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or AWS SDKs to get started.

Source: AWS release notes

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