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# Secure your Elastic Cloud organization [ec-securing-considerations]

:::{warning}
**This page is a work in progress.**
:::
This section covers security settings for your {{ecloud}} organization, the platform for managing {{ech}} deployments and serverless projects.

**Managed by Elastic**

## TLS certificate management
As a managed service, Elastic automatically handles a [number of security features](https://www.elastic.co/cloud/security#details) with no configuration required:

TLS certificates apply security controls to network communications. They encrypt data in transit, verify the identity of connecting parties, and help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.
- **TLS encrypted communication** is provided in the default configuration. Elasticsearch nodes communicate using TLS.
- **Encryption at rest**. By default, all of your {{ecloud}} resources are encrypted at rest. Note that you can choose to encrypt your {{ech}} deployments [using your own encryption key](/deploy-manage/security/encrypt-deployment-with-customer-managed-encryption-key.md).
- **Cluster isolation**. Elasticsearch nodes run in isolated containers, configured according to the principle of least privilege, and with restrictions on system calls and allowed root operations.

For your **{{ech}}** deployments and serverless projects hosted on {{ecloud}}, TLS certificates are managed automatically.
**Additional organization-level security settings**

## Access control
To reinforce the security of your organization, consider implementing the following measures:

Define which users can access your {{ecloud}} organization using the following methods:
- **Network security**. Control which systems can access your Elastic deployments and projects through traffic filtering and network controls:
- [**IP traffic filtering**](/deploy-manage/security/ip-traffic-filtering.md): Restrict access based on IP addresses or CIDR ranges.
- [**Private link filters**](/deploy-manage/security/private-link-traffic-filters.md): Secure connectivity through AWS PrivateLink, Azure Private Link, or GCP Private Service Connect.
- [**Static IPs**](/deploy-manage/security/elastic-cloud-static-ips.md): Use static IP addresses for predictable firewall rules.
- **Access control**
- [**Organization-level SSO**](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cloud-organization/configure-saml-authentication.md). Note that for {{ech}} deployments, you can also configure SSO at the [deployment level](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth.md).
- [**Cloud role-based access control**](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cloud-organization/manage-users.md): Define the roles of users who have access to your organization and its resources. Note that for {{ech}} deployments, you can also [manage non-cloud users and roles](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cluster-or-deployment-auth/defining-roles.md).
- [**Cloud API keys**](/deploy-manage/api-keys/elastic-cloud-api-keys.md): Manage API keys used for programmatic access to [{{ecloud}}](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/cloud/) and [{{ecloud}} serverless](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elastic-cloud-serverless/) APIs.

- [SSO](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cloud-organization/configure-saml-authentication.md)
- [Role-based access control](/deploy-manage/users-roles/cloud-organization/manage-users.md)
- [Cloud API keys](/deploy-manage/api-keys/elastic-cloud-api-keys.md)


## Next step: secure your deployments and clusters
**Additional deployment-level security settings**

While serverless projects are fully managed and secured by Elastic, additional security settings are available for you to configure individually for your {{ech}} deployments. Refer to [](secure-your-cluster-deployment.md) for more information.

This section covered security principles and options at the environment level. You can take further measures individually for each deployment or cluster that you're running on this environment. Refer to [](secure-your-cluster-deployment.md).