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 1. Security Controls

##  󠀁[ Defensive Mode ](https://docs.wpvip.com/security-controls/defensive-mode/)󠁿

Defensive Mode is a security feature that adds an extra layer of protection against
spam bots and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

 1. VIP Dashboard

##  󠀁[ Data displays in the VIP Dashboard ](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-dashboard/data-displays/)󠁿

Users can review, filter, and interact with the data displayed in the VIP Dashboard
by using a shared set of symbols and tools that are built into the framework of 
the user interface (UI).

 1. Infrastructure
 2. VIP Platform environments

##  󠀁[ Environment Management ](https://docs.wpvip.com/infrastructure/environments/management/)󠁿

At minimum, every application on the VIP Platform has a production environment. 
Additional non-production environments for an application can be created to support
code development, testing, and quality assurance workflows.

 1. VIP File System
 2. Import media files

##  󠀁[ Import media files with VIP-CLI ](https://docs.wpvip.com/vip-file-system/import-media-files/with-vip-cli/)󠁿

Media files that are contained within a file archive (.zip, .tar.gz, or .tgz) can
be imported to the VIP File System from a publicly accessible remote URL or from
a user's local machine.

 1. Security Controls
 2. Access-Controlled Files

##  󠀁[ Allow access to Access-Controlled Files for specific requests ](https://docs.wpvip.com/security-controls/access-controlled-files/access-for-specific-requests/)󠁿

The vip_files_acl_file_visibility filter is useful for mobile applications or plugins
that require access to Access-Controlled Files by validating if a request for an
Access-controlled file is legitimate.

 1. Security Controls
 2. Access-Controlled Files

##  󠀁[ Allow access to custom directories outside of the network site uploads directory ](https://docs.wpvip.com/security-controls/access-controlled-files/access-to-custom-directories/)󠁿

The vip_files_acl_is_valid_path_for_site filter can be used to override default 
validation logic for file paths within the wp-content/uploads directory when the
Access-Controlled Files feature is active on an environment.

 1. Databases
 2. Partial Database Exports

##  󠀁[ Partial Database Export with data specified by a configuration file ](https://docs.wpvip.com/databases/partial-database-exports/configuration-file/)󠁿

A configuration file formatted with valid JSON can be used to specify the data for
export in the Partial Database Export file.

 1. Databases
 2. Partial Database Exports

##  󠀁[ Partial Database Export with data specified by a custom WP-CLI command ](https://docs.wpvip.com/databases/partial-database-exports/custom-wp-cli-command/)󠁿

The data to be included in a Partial Database Export file can be specified by a 
custom WP-CLI command that is added to an application's codebase.

 1. Performance
 2. New Relic

##  󠀁[ Activate New Relic ](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/new-relic/activate/)󠁿

On WordPress VIP, New Relic is an Integration that can be added to an organization
then activated on any application environment. By default, New Relic is disabled
for an environment.

 1. Performance
 2. New Relic

##  󠀁[ New Relic feature options ](https://docs.wpvip.com/performance/new-relic/feature-options/)󠁿

Access to additional New Relic features are dependent on a customer's contract with
WordPress VIP. Browser monitoring and synthetic monitoring can be optionally enabled
by customers with an Enhanced, Signature, or Premier package

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