Amazon Firewall Manager prerequisites - Amazon WAF, Amazon Firewall Manager, and Amazon Shield Advanced
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Amazon Firewall Manager prerequisites

This topic shows you how to get ready to administer Amazon Firewall Manager. You use one Firewall Manager administrator account to manage all Firewall Manager security policies for your organization in Amazon Organizations. Except where noted, perform the prerequisite steps using the account that you will use as the Firewall Manager administrator.

Before you use Firewall Manager for the first time, perform the following steps in sequence.

After you follow these steps, you can configure Firewall Manager to begin protecting your resources. For more information, see Getting started with Amazon Firewall Manager​ Amazon WAF policies.