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title: Secure Winlogbeat
description: The following topics provide information about securing the Winlogbeat process and connecting to a cluster that has security features enabled. You can...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2407/reference/beats/winlogbeat/securing-winlogbeat
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# Secure Winlogbeat
The following topics provide information about securing the Winlogbeat process and connecting to a cluster that has security features enabled.
You can use role-based access control and optionally, API keys to grant Winlogbeat users access to secured resources.
- [*Grant users access to secured resources*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2407/reference/beats/winlogbeat/feature-roles)
- [*Grant access using API keys*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2407/reference/beats/winlogbeat/beats-api-keys).

After privileged users have been created, use authentication to connect to a secured Elastic cluster.
- [*Secure communication with Elasticsearch*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2407/reference/beats/winlogbeat/securing-communication-elasticsearch)
- [*Secure communication with Logstash*](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2407/reference/beats/winlogbeat/configuring-ssl-logstash)