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layout: docs
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page_title: Security Models
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description: >-
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Overview and links to various Consul security models.
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## Overview
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Requirements and recommendations for operating a secure Consul deployment may vary drastically depending on your
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intended workloads, operating system, and environment. Consul is not secure by default, but can be configured to satisfy
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the security requirements for a wide-range of use cases from local developer environments without any configuration to
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container orchestrators in-production with ACL authorization, and mTLS authentication.
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### Core
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The core Consul product provides several options for enabling encryption, authentication, and authorization
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controls for a cluster. You can read more about the various personas, recommendations, requirements, and threats
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[here](/docs/security/security-models/core).
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### NIA
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[Network Infrastructure Automation](/docs/nia) (NIA) enables dynamic updates to network infrastructure devices triggered
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by service changes. Both the core Consul product's configuration and the configuration for the `consul-terraform-sync`
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daemon used by NIA can affect the security of your deployment. You can read more about the various personas,
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recommendations, requirements, and threats [here](/docs/security/security-models/nia).
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