One criticism of NoSQL data stores is that security is often an afterthought. Cassandra is no exception to this view. In fact, Apache Cassandra will install with all security features initially disabled. While clusters should be built on secured networks behind enterprise-grade firewalls, by itself this is simply not enough. There are several features that Cassandra provides that can help to tighten up security on a cluster.
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