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title: Overview
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createdAt: 2024-10-16T15:52:14.758Z
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![Litms UNS](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/d-EDZ1bgQUw37BlZk2k26-oS1Q8zXZGazkA2T6vqAex-20241021-145441.svg "Litmus UNS")

Litmus Unified Namespace (LUNS or Litmus UNS) is a high-performance, secure, and highly available data hub that is designed for scalability. It is built upon an enterprise-class MQTT engine for better functionality and reliability.

You can access LUNS using any of the following:

- Web UI (User Interface)
- APIs

# Security

Litmus UNS is designed with security integrated at every stage to meet the specific demands of Industrial IoT.

It offers:

- **Deployment Security: **Supports offline first and air-gapped installation.
- **Authentication and Authorization**: Enterprise-ready authentication, authorization, and RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) policies. The LUNS user interface is only accessible with a login and password. 
- **Platform Access Security:** Protected and modern HTTPS web interfaces. 
- **Certificate Management**: Includes a default self-signed certificate, and therefore, all communications are secure by default.
- **Encryption**: All communication between a LUNS device and a user’s browser is protected by transport layer encryption.
- **Software Update**: Over-the-air update systems implement detailed hash and other verifications. 
- **Token-Based Security: **Provides token-based security for app authentication.
- **Data Access Security:** Secure and isolated message broker for real-time data subscription.

# Features

Litmus UNS offers a set of features that allows users to implement their UNS designs and achieve strategic data goals.

1. Executing and monitoring corporate Unified Namespace
2. Serves as a single source of truth for all data consumers
3. Fulfill data governance requirements