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title: "What are the basic objectives of network security?"  
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published: 2022-05-05  
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# What are the basic objectives of network security?

What are the basic [objectives](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/95820/understanding-of-speaking-skills-and-forms-platforms-objectives-and-examples) of network security?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

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- Protecting the usefulness, reliability, integrity, and safety of a network and its data is what network security is all about. Network security prevents a wide range of dangers from entering or propagating throughout a network.
- Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability are the **three main goals of [network](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50965/how-to-fix-my-iphone-6s-that-keeps-losing-signal-getting-poor-reception-random-signal-drops-other-network-problems) security.** The CIA triangle is widely used to depict these three pillars of network security.
- The purpose of confidentiality is to shield sensitive company information from unwanted access. The confidentiality aspect of network security ensures that data is only accessible to those who are authorised.
- Integrity is defined as the preservation and assurance of data accuracy and consistency. The integrity function ensures that data is accurate and not tampered with by unauthorised individuals.
- The purpose of availability in Network Security is to ensure that data, network resources, and services are always available to legitimate users, whenever they need them.

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