Indexing secure enterprise documents using generic references

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing sets of instructions that provide access to secure documents in an enterprise system, the sets of instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• crawl a secure data source;
• generate indexing information about a plurality of secure documents stored in the enterprise system;
• wherein the indexing information for each secure document of the plurality of secure documents includes a generic URL to said each secure document;
• receive a query to the secure data source;
• in response to the query, use the indexing information to identify a set of documents, wherein each document of the set of documents satisfies the query and is associated with one or more security attributes;
• for each document of the set of documents:
• access an identity management system to obtain a security attribute value for each of the one or more security attributes associated with said each document;
• and
• respond to the query by providing a link to said each document, wherein the link is generated based at least on the generic URL to said each document and the security attribute value obtained from the identity management system for each of the one or more security attributes associated with said each document.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor;
• the memory storing instructions for:
• crawling a secure data source;
• generating indexing information about a plurality of secure documents stored in the enterprise system;
• wherein the indexing information for each secure document of the plurality of secure documents includes a generic URL to said each secure document;
• receiving a query to the secure data source;
• in response to the query, using the indexing information to identify a set of documents, wherein each document of the set of documents satisfies the query and is associated with one or more security attributes;
• for each document of the set of documents:
• accessing an identity management system to obtain a security attribute value for each of the one or more security attributes associated with said each document;
• and
• responding to the query by providing a link to said each document, wherein the link is generated based at least on the generic URL to said each document and the security attribute value obtained from the identity management system for each of the one or more security attributes associated with said each document.