Oversecure

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To secure beyond necessity.

    "As discussed in Chapter 4, “Planning for Governance,” you need to carefully consider the implications of “oversecuring” content. If every site is locked down for Read access, it will be hard to achieve your knowledge management objectives."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Secure beyond necessity.

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"As discussed in Chapter 4, “Planning for Governance,” you need to carefully consider the implications of “oversecuring” content. If every site is locked down for Read access, it will be hard to achieve your knowledge management objectives."

Etymology

From over- + secure.

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