# About network security

dbt platform

Network security in dbt gives you control over how traffic flows between dbt and your infrastructure. Choose the approach that best fits your security requirements.

## Choose your connectivity approach

[![](/img/icons/dbt-bit.svg)](./ip-restrictions.md)

#### [Over the public internet](./ip-restrictions.md)

[Use IP restrictions to limit which IP addresses can access dbt Cloud or your data platform.](./ip-restrictions.md)

[![](/img/icons/dbt-bit.svg)](./private-connectivity/private-connectivity.md)

#### [Over a private network](./private-connectivity/private-connectivity.md)

[Use your cloud provider's private connectivity technology to keep traffic off the public internet entirely.](./private-connectivity/private-connectivity.md)

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