Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront offers a comprehensive set of features designed to accelerate content delivery and enhance security. It uses a global network of edge locations to cache and deliver static and dynamic content with low latency and high transfer speeds. CloudFront integrates seamlessly with AWS services like S3, EC2, and API Gateway, making it easy to set up origins and optimise workflows. Security is built-in through HTTPS support, AWS Shield Standard for DDoS protection, and AWS WAF for application-layer defence, along with access controls such as signed URLs, signed cookies, and geo-restriction. Developers can customise behaviour using CloudFront Functions for lightweight edge logic or Lambda@Edge for advanced personalisation and routing. Additional features include Origin Shield for improved cache efficiency, real-time logs and metrics via CloudWatch, and pay-as-you-go pricing with free data transfer from AWS origins. These capabilities make CloudFront a powerful, scalable solution for fast, secure content delivery worldwide.