Knowledge management in industry and government: the conflict between security and knowledge sharing

Today the trend in both industry and government is to establish electronic knowledge management systems based upon trust and sharing that connect thousands of users. Corporations are linking as many as 85,000 employees, supplying them with information at their desktops. Connecting all Department of Energy facilities involves over 100,000 people. While electronic security problems in industry can produce economic disasters, government security lapses can have catastrophic results, resulting in weaknesses in our defence posture. The future demands that we are going to have to share more broadly, but we are going to have to find better methods to protect our knowledge.