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title: Secured source
slug: '2093'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/2093/
collection: glossary
source_format: adoc
---
# Secured source
A {doctitle} is a [source](https://docs.coveo.com/en/246/) for which the [items](https://docs.coveo.com/en/210/) may or may not appear in a [user](https://docs.coveo.com/en/250/)’s search results, depending on whether that user has access to these items in the original system.