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Overview In any AWS environment, the Application Load Balancer (ALB) is a critical component, acting as the primary entry point for all web traffic. It excels at distributing requests across backend targets like EC2 instances and containers to ensure high availability and performance. However, an ALB’s primary function is traffic management, not security enforcement. It […]

Overview In any sophisticated AWS environment, the Application Load Balancer (ALB) serves as the digital front door, managing and directing all incoming application traffic. While it’s a critical component for availability and scale, its default configuration presents a significant visibility gap: access logging is disabled. This means that without explicit action, every detail about the […]

Overview In the AWS ecosystem, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) is the front door for your applications, managing incoming traffic and ensuring high availability. A critical, yet often overlooked, component of this service is the SSL/TLS security policy. This policy dictates which cryptographic protocols and ciphers the load balancer will use to negotiate a secure connection […]

Overview In any AWS environment, the security of data in transit is a foundational pillar of cloud governance. As organizations scale, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) becomes essential for distributing traffic across targets like EC2 instances, ensuring availability and performance. However, a frequently overlooked misconfiguration—the use of unencrypted HTTP listeners on public-facing load balancers—exposes an organization […]

Overview In AWS environments, ensuring that traffic is routed only to healthy, productive instances is critical for both application reliability and cost efficiency. A common source of hidden waste stems from misconfigured health checks on AWS Classic Load Balancers (ELB). When these load balancers use shallow, transport-layer (TCP) health checks, they can only verify basic […]