# Database Security: Authentication, Authorization, RBA, Encyrption and Audit

**URL:** https://forum.scylladb.com/t/database-security-authentication-authorization-rba-encyrption-and-audit/63
**Category:** ScyllaDB
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/database-security-authentication-authorization-rba-encyrption-and-audit/63 "2022-11-09T09:36:29Z")
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### Author: ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/guy/32/9_2.png) [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/database-security-authentication-authorization-rba-encyrption-and-audit/63/1 "2022-11-09T09:36:29Z")

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We’re concerned with data breaches. How secure is ScyllaDB?

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### Author: ![tzach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/tzach/32/172_2.png) [@tzach](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/tzach)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/database-security-authentication-authorization-rba-encyrption-and-audit/63/2 "2022-11-09T11:59:22Z")

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Security is a big topic that includes many features like:  
Encryption (on rest, in transit), Authentication and Authorization, role-based access control, auditing, and more.  
An excellent place to start is Scylla Security Checklist:

> **[Scylla Security Checklist | Scylla Docs](https://docs.scylladb.com/stable/operating-scylla/security/security-checklist.html)**
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> Scylla is an Apache Cassandra-compatible NoSQL data store that can handle 1 million transactions per second on a single server.