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title: PingDirectory Security Guide
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# PingDirectory Security Guide

The PingDirectory Security Guide provides concepts and procedures to secure and manage the PingDirectory platform.

This guide is intended for administrators responsible for installing and managing servers in an enterprise or consumer-facing identity environment. Storing and handling consumer identity data requires taking appropriate steps to safeguard it while continuing to provide fast, real-time, and available services for the consumers who consent to its use.

Administrators should already know the following:

* Identity platforms and LDAP concepts

* General system administration and networking practices

* Java Virtual Machine (JVM) compromise

* Application performance monitoring