oversecure
oversecure adjective: secure beyond necessity.
Adjective
oversecure (comparative more oversecure, superlative most oversecure)
- Secure beyond necessity.
Verb
oversecure (third-person singular simple present oversecures, present participle oversecuring, simple past and past participle oversecured)
- 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.2010, Scott Jamison, Susan Hanley, Mauro Cardarelli, Essential SharePoint 2010: Overview, Governance, and Planning
- After you have identified these [considerations], you should start asking why to make sure you are not oversecuring the information and wasting resources. Asking what, how, and why of the data you are sending will go a long way in planning the security of the information you send from one node of...2013, Theodor Richardson, Charles N. Thies, Secure Software Design, page 85
Forms of oversecure
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more oversecure |
| superlative | most oversecure |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | oversecures |
| present participle | oversecuring |
| past participle | oversecured |
| past | oversecured |
Origin of oversecure
From over- + secure.
Questions about oversecure
- What does oversecure mean?
- Oversecure means secure beyond necessity.
- What part of speech is oversecure?
- Oversecure can be an adjective or a verb.
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