# Security
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 The security pillar encompasses the protection of data, systems, and assets to take advantage of cloud technologies to improve your security. 

**Topics**
+ [3 – Designing data platforms for governance and compliance](design-principle-3.md)
+ [4 – Implement data access control](design-principle-4.md)
+ [5 – Control the access to workload infrastructure](design-principle-5.md)