# Encrypting data at Rest is achievable

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encrypting-data-at-rest-is-achievable/231513
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encrypting-data-at-rest-is-achievable/231513 "2020-05-07T10:48:03Z")
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### Author: ![spreitzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spreitzer/32/67867_2.png) [@spreitzer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spreitzer)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/encrypting-data-at-rest-is-achievable/231513/4 "2020-05-07T14:07:55Z")

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See other discussion: "Indexing encrypted documents"

> [@Indexing encrypted documents](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-encrypted-documents/231559):
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> Hi I would like to point out after reading through several closed discussions in this forum that indexing of encrypted documents is achievable but AFAIK not implemented (yet). Some discussions in this forum refer to this problem and the functionality is deemed as not implemented. However the functionality could be implemented if the API would accept tokens analyzed from the client. If the client could send the encrypted document and the tokens of the document, Elasticsearch could accept them a…

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