Secure knowledge management and the Semantic Web

The importance of strengthening security within the domain of shared knowledge and Semantic Web is discussed. Knowledge management systems (KMS) are information technology (IT)-based systems that can help organizations manage their knowledge by supporting those knowledge management processes. The heavy reliance of information and communication technologies in the distributed environment necessitates digitized taxonomies and related rules that can be easily be stored and transferred by KMS. Semantic KMS can capture more articulated organizational knowledge that would otherwise have remained as tacit knowledge within an individual. Businesses may want to focus more on designing security rules and developing knowledge-sharing processes.