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__Authelia__ takes the security of users very seriously and comes with a way to avoid brute-forcing the first factor
credentials by regulating the authentication attempts and temporarily banning an account when too many attempts have
been made.

## Configuration

Please check the dedicated [documentation](../../configuration/security/regulation.md).