# Data at rest encryption. Is it coming for Elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-at-rest-encryption-is-it-coming-for-elasticsearch/48766>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [April 29, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-at-rest-encryption-is-it-coming-for-elasticsearch/48766 "2016-04-29T04:58:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_Targett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Paul\_Targett](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paul_Targett)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-at-rest-encryption-is-it-coming-for-elasticsearch/48766/3 "2016-09-22T16:00:40Z")

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Hi, what happened with this thread? We also have a requirement to have the data encrypted at rest. We provide SaaS into the health and social care sector and would like to use Elastic Search for search. Can provide more detail and interested in the current position.

@jaymode

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