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Cloud NGFW Security Policies in the AWS Console are evaluated in the exact creation order – they do not have explicit rule priority fields.

“In AWS, security rules are evaluated in the order they are created. To ensure the correct evaluation logic, create them in the desired order from top to bottom.”

(Source: Cloud NGFW for AWS Policy Evaluation)

Unlike Panorama, AWS-native management of Cloud NGFWs uses creation order as the evaluation sequence.

To fully leverage inline cloud analysis in Advanced Threat Prevention, security profiles (e.g., anti-spyware) must be updated or newly created to enable local deep learning and inline cloud analysis models.

“To activate inline cloud analysis, update your Anti-Spyware profile to enable advanced inline detection engines, including deep learning-based models and cloud-delivered signatures.”

(Source: Inline Cloud Analysis and Deep Learning)

This ensures real-time protection from sophisticated threats beyond static signatures.

A security profile group named “default” is automatically applied to all new security rules unless a specific profile group is explicitly configured.

“If a security profile group named ‘default’ exists, it will be automatically applied to any newly created security policy rules to ensure consistent protection.”

(Source: Security Profile Groups)

This behavior ensures that newly created policies are always protected by default security profiles, minimizing human error.

To prevent SYN flood attacks , the NGFW uses SYN cookies to validate legitimate session establishment.

“SYN cookies allow the firewall to verify the legitimacy of new session requests without allocating resources until the handshake is completed. This prevents SYN flood attacks from exhausting system resources.”

(Source: Flood Protection Best Practices)

SYN cookies mitigate resource exhaustion by ensuring only legitimate connections are established.