A system for fast secured searching may include a user interface, a web layer configured for executing application logic and configured for interacting with a user via the user interface and configured to perform user authentication, and a database layer in communication with and accessible by the web layer and comprising a database configured for storing data, and a search engine configured for searching the database, wherein, communication to and from the database layer from and to the web layer is controlled by secure socket layer certificate authorization. The database layer may also include an inverted index in communication with the database and the search engine and configured for maintaining updated snapshots relating to the data in the database and an encryption/decryption layer for selective encryption of the data and configurable for field level, document level, and/or chunk level encryption.