Network Security
By Mark Sharron
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14 December 2020
What is network security?
Network security is considered a type of risk assessment in the way that it consists of policies that members of an organisation follow in order to protect their computer systems from unauthorised access by cyber attack.
An attack would normally be made in order to steal or gain access to classified information. It would also be used to expose, alter or delete important information.

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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