---
title: Manage security and authorization
description: >
  Security, access control, and sensitive secret handling are incredibly important
  when handling any sort of sensitive data.
  This section provides information about managing the security of your InfluxDB instance.
weight: 12
aliases:
  - /v2.0/security/
menu:
  influxdb_2_0:
    name: Security & authorization
v2.0/tags: [security, authentication]
---

Security, access control, and sensitive secret handling are incredibly important
when handling any sort of sensitive data.
This section provides information about managing the security of your InfluxDB instance.

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