# Security concept of operations for Snyk

A security concept of operations can be defined as providing a security-focused description of an information system. For details, see the definition in the [NIST computer security glossary](https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/security_concept_of_operations).

These pages provide a description of the [Snyk CLI](getting-started-with-the-snyk-cli) and [IDE integrations](../scm-ide-and-ci-cd-integrations/snyk-ide-plugins-and-extensions) focused on security. The following information is included:

* [Access requirements](security-concept-of-operations-for-snyk/access-requirements)
* [Securing data at rest](security-concept-of-operations-for-snyk/securing-data-at-rest)
* [Using FIPS-validated cryptography](security-concept-of-operations-for-snyk/using-fips-validated-cryptography)

For more information, see [Snyk for government](https://snyk.io/government-security-solution/).
