# AWS Network Firewall

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## AWS Network Firewall now supports rule hit count

DevFeed: [AWS Network Firewall now supports rule hit count](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/aws-network-firewall-now-supports-rule-hit-count-4677.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/aws-network-firewall-now-supports-rule-hit-count/>)

Author: Preetkumar Shah

Published: 2026-08-20T18:40:20Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [AWS Security Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/aws-security-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firewall](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firewall.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Amazon CloudWatch Logs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-cloudwatch-logs.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [log management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/log-management.md>), [Incident response](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident-response.md>)

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### AI overview

AWS Network Firewall now provides rule hit counts for stateful rules, using alert-log data to show how often rules match network traffic. The feature helps teams identify unused rules, support incident response, and demonstrate security-control effectiveness for compliance.

### Source excerpt

As firewall rule sets grow in complexity, security teams face a common challenge: manual log analysis is used to determine which rules are actively matching traffic and which are consuming capacity without being triggered. This lack of visibility creates operational and compliance gaps. Organizations with governance policies that require removal of dormant rules after a [...]