As companies respond to cybercrime, compliance requirements, and a commitment to securing customer data, their adoption of Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) protocols increases. This whitepaper explains how Amazon CloudFront improves the security and performance of your APIs and applications, while helping you lower your content delivery costs. It focuses on three specific benefits of using CloudFront: easy SSL adoption with AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) and Server Name Indication (SNI) Custom SSL support, improved SSL performance with SSL termination available at all CloudFront edge locations globally, and economical adoption of SSL, thanks to free custom SSL certificates with ACM and SNI support at no additional charge.