# How to protect against accidental exposure like Microsoft posted on Jan 22 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-protect-against-accidental-exposure-like-microsoft-posted-on-jan-22/218880 "2020-02-12T01:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArtKhanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@ArtKhanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ArtKhanna)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-protect-against-accidental-exposure-like-microsoft-posted-on-jan-22/218880/1 "2020-02-12T01:11:38Z")
Accidental exposure seems to be happening often. Has anybody found this to be a compliance issue? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-protect-against-accidental-exposure-like-microsoft-posted-on-jan-22/218880/2 "2020-02-12T03:16:15Z")
I think the two big ones are; 1. Make sure you're using **at least** using our default distro, and the latest release, which contains free security, to protect your cluster 2. Don't expose your cluster to the internet unless you have to, and then lock it down as much as you can Most of the exposures are people putting clusters, unsecured, on the broader internet. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-protect-against-accidental-exposure-like-microsoft-posted-on-jan-22/218880/3 "2020-03-11T03:16:20Z")
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