.. _controlcenter_security:

|c3| Security
=============

Configuring security for |c3-short| requires planning and needs to be done carefully.
Because |c3-short| relies on |kconnect-long|, |ak-tm| brokers, |kstreams|, interceptors and metrics 
reporters to work properly, there
are numerous options that could be set depending on a particular environment or requirement.

Confluent recommends reviewing :ref:`Kafka Security<security>` and the associated components before
configuring security for |c3-short|.

.. important::
    After a component is secured, it will be unable to communicate with other non-secured components. For instance,
    if you have a secured |ak| broker and a secured |c3-short|, but you have not secured Connect,
    |c3-short| will behave sporadically when you attempt to use or view it. Be sure to secure all components in your
    environment.

.. toctree::

  ssl
  sasl
  authentication
  c3-auth-ldap
  c3-rbac