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title: "Managing security settings"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Enhance your Cloud Platform security with configurable settings. Learn how to view and modify security policies, including two-factor authentication, IP allowlisting, and Shield access control, for robust application protection."
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Cloud Platform provides several configurable security settings you can use to establish security policies for the Cloud Platform interface. To view or change the security settings, you must have the _Owner_ or _Administrator_ [role](/acquia-cloud-platform/access/teams/roles) for the application’s [organization](teams/organizations.html).

Viewing security settings
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To view the Cloud Platform security settings for an [application](/acquia-cloud-platform/manage-apps):

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](/node/55875) with the _Owner_ or _Administrator_ role and select the application you want to work with.
2.  In the menu on the left side, click **Security**.
    
    ![cloud-platform_editing-settings.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/357a4e79-269c-460c-b3f5-50ca6148845d/web/cloud-platform_editing-settings.png)
    

The **Security settings** page displays the application’s settings for the following features:

*   [Requiring two-factor verification for users](/acquia-cloud-platform/access/two-step-verification) (two-factor authentication)
*   [Allowlisting access to the Cloud Platform user interface](/acquia-cloud-platform/access/ip-allowlist) (IP restrictions)
*   [Controlling access with Shield](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/shield/allowlist) (available only to [Shield](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/shield) subscribers)

Modifying security settings
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To edit an application’s security settings:

1.  On the **Security** page, click **Edit settings** to open the **Edit security settings** page.
2.  On the **Edit security settings** page, make the changes you want and then click **Save**.

For information about each of these settings, see:

*   [Password strength in Cloud Platform](/acquia-cloud-platform/access/password-strength)
*   [Setting up two-step verification](/acquia-cloud-platform/access/two-step-verification)
*   [Securing your application with IP address allowlisting](/acquia-cloud-platform/access/ip-allowlist)
*   [Controlling access with Shield](/acquia-cloud-platform/add-ons/shield/allowlist)