# Secure your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD
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You can use password policies, features like multi-factor authentication (MFA), and settings to secure your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD. Ways you can secure your directory include:
+ [Understand how the password policies in Active Directory works](ms_ad_password_policies.md) so they can be applied to Amazon Managed Microsoft AD users. You can also delegate which user can manage your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD password policies.
+ [Enable MFA](ms_ad_mfa.md) which increases your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD security.
+ [>Enable Lightweight Directory Access Protocol over Secure Socket Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) (LDAPS)](ms_ad_ldap.md) so that communications over LDAP are encrypted and improves security.
+ [Manage your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD compliance](ms_ad_compliance.md) with standards like Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) and Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS).
+ [Enhance your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD network security configuration>](ms_ad_network_security.md) by modifying Amazon Security Group to meet your environment needs.
+ [Edit your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD directory security settings](ms_ad_directory_settings.md) like Certificate Base Authentication, Secure Channel Cipher and Protocol to meet your needs.
+ [Set up Amazon Private Certificate Authority Connector for AD](ms_ad_pca_connector.md) so you can issue and manage certificates for your Amazon Managed Microsoft AD with Amazon Private CA.