# Brute force protection

Brute force protection safeguards accounts from brute force login attempts, such as dictionary attacks. When a given IP address tries and fails multiple times to log in as the same user, brute-force protection: Blocks the suspicious IP address from logging in as that user.

Brute protection allows rate limiting and manual permenant blocking of IP and email addresses.

To enable and configure brute force protection:

  1. Click Serttings in the left side bar
  2. Select Platform
  3. Scroll to Brute force protection and toggle On. Once the page laods you will be provided with the configurable options.