Part 3: Security and WAF - Complete Hugo on AWS Guide

In Part 2, we set up a production-ready hosting infrastructure with CloudFront and Route 53. While CloudFront provides some built-in DDoS protection, adding AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) gives us granular control over traffic filtering, rate limiting, and protection against common web attacks. In this part, we’ll implement comprehensive security measures for your Hugo site. This is Part 3 of our Complete Guide to Hugo on AWS. Make sure you’ve completed Part 2: AWS Infrastructure first.