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#Data security and privacy {: #data_security}
{{site.data.keyword.IBM}} uses the following methods to help ensure the security and privacy of your data: {:shortdesc}
{: #cryptographic notoc}
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Connections to the Kafka native and REST interfaces must be made using TLS 1.2.
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Connections are restricted to the following strong cipher suites:
- ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
- ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
- DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
- kEDH+AESGCM
- ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
- ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384
- DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
- DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256
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To access the {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} dashboard, you must use a browser that supports TLS 1.2.
{: #encryption_payloads notoc}
Message data is encrypted for transmission between {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} and clients as a result of TLS. {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} stores message data at rest and message logs on encrypted disks.