Configuring data protection for a protection pack or web ACL - AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, AWS Shield Advanced, and AWS Shield network security director

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Configuring data protection for a protection pack or web ACL

This section provides instructions for configuring data protection for a protection pack or web ACL.

To configure data protection for a protection pack or web ACL

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS WAF console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/wafv2/homev2.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose protection pack or web ACLs.

  3. Choose the name of the protection pack or web ACL that you want to enable data protection for. The console takes you to the protection pack or web ACL's description, where you can edit it.

  4. On the Logging and metrics tab, in the Data protection settings pane, choose Enable or Edit.

  5. Choose the scope Global and then make your field data protection selections. For each field data protection configuration, you can also specify exceptions to exclude from the protection behavior.

  6. When you've completed your selections, choose Save. The interface returns to the Logging and metrics tab where your selections are summarized.