You’re Securing Inbound Traffic in AWS — But What About Outbound?

Most AWS security setups focus heavily on inbound traffic. But outbound is often left open. Security Groups. NACLs. Maybe WAF. That’s usually where the effort goes. But outbound traffic often gets far less attention — and that’s where problems begin. Every outbound request starts with a DNS query. Before your application connects anywhere, it first resolves a domain name. That step is easy to ignore, but it’s where a lot of risk begins. If something inside your VPC reaches a malicious domain, th