# XPack encryption mechanism/Suite

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-encryption-mechanism-suite/254773>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-encryption-mechanism-suite/254773 "2020-11-09T14:53:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pooja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@Pooja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pooja)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-encryption-mechanism-suite/254773/1 "2020-11-09T14:53:06Z")

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What kind of encryption methodology does Xpack use to encrypt data? Also, is the present version of ELK stack provide Xpack for free?

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**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:** [November 9, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-encryption-mechanism-suite/254773/2 "2020-11-09T21:57:14Z")

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Security has been [free since 7.1](https://www.elastic.co/blog/security-for-elasticsearch-is-now-free).

When you talk about encryption, are you talking about data in motion or at rest.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/xpack-encryption-mechanism-suite/254773/3 "2020-12-07T21:57:23Z")

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Closed on December 7, 2020, 9:57pm UTC

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