Encryption
By Mark Sharron
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14 December 2020
What is Encryption?
Encryption is a term used in the world of cryptography to describe the process of turning a plain text message into Ciphertext to prevent any unauthorised persons from reading that information.
Encryption is common practice with email clients and most websites and software platforms.

Mark Sharron
Mark Sharron leads Search & Generative AI Strategy at ISMS.online. His focus is communicating how ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOC 2 work in practice - tying risk to controls, policies and evidence with audit-ready traceability. Mark partners with product and customer teams so this logic is embedded in workflows and web content - helping organisations understand, prove security, privacy and AI governance with confidence.
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