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Thursday, October 8, 2026

AWS Network Firewall Gets Wildcard Magic for Container Rules

AWS Network Firewall now lets you use wildcard patterns in container attribute filters for EKS and ECS, so you can write one rule like app=payments-* instead of creating separate rules for each variant. This cuts down operational overhead and keeps your security consistent across dynamic container environments where new workloads pop up constantly.

source: [aws/whats-new]