Letter: File search options compete with security

Regarding, "Agencies grapple with search and discovery": Effective search is only half the story. USG agencies in particular are reluctant to deploy any enterprise file search capability for security reasons. While intranet search engines exist, for better or worse — usually worse, file search remains a distant dream for most government employees and contractors. We really don't know what we know, much less who we know!Peter GadzinskiWhat do you think? Paste a comment in the…

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Regarding, "Agencies grapple with search and discovery": Effective search is only half the story.  USG agencies in particular are reluctant to deploy any enterprise file search capability for security reasons. While intranet search engines exist, for better or worse — usually worse, file search remains a distant dream for most government employees and contractors.  We really don't know what we know, much less who we know!

Peter Gadzinski

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