Ensure CloudFront distribution origins use origin shields for better caching
Origin Shield acts as an additional caching layer to reduce load on origin, improve cache hit ratio, and lower origin request costs.
Security Impact
Without Origin Shield, origin receives more requests, increasing costs and potentially impacting origin availability under high load.
How to Remediate
Enable Origin Shield for distributions with high traffic or origins that benefit from reduced request load.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-cloudfront-20
- Service
- Amazon CloudFront
- Category
- Performance
- Severity
- LOW
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