---
title: "Overview"
description: "Read how Infisical works under the hood."
---

This section covers the internals of Infisical including its technical underpinnings, architecture, and security properties.

<Note>
  Knowledge of this section is recommended but not required to use Infisical.
  However, if you're operating Infisical, we recommend understanding the
  internals.
</Note>

## Learn More

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card
    href="./architecture/components"
    title="Components"
    icon="boxes-stacked"
    color="#000000"
  >
    Learn about the fundamental parts of Infisical.
  </Card>
  <Card href="./security" title="Security" icon="shield" color="#000000">
    Read about most common security-related topics and questions.
  </Card>
  <Card
    href="./service-tokens"
    title="Service tokens"
    icon="ticket"
    color="#000000"
  >
    Learn best practices for utilizing Infisical service tokens. Please note
    that service tokens are now deprecated and will be removed entirely in the
    future.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>