Re: Gauging Interest in Security + IT + Library Working Group

[Daniel Ayala <daniel () SECRATIC COM>]

A quick follow up that we will be kicking off this group this Thursday September 9th at 5PM Eastern/2PM Pacific. We 
have a growing group of IT, Information Security and Library representatives that have volunteered to help the joint 
community improve the understanding and strengthen the relationship between these three critical parts of the 
University. We have had great response from institutional libraries of diverse size, focus and geography, so there is a 
great chance to share the information security perspective across the fields!

If you would like to join the working group, even if you can not make the kick off call, please email me directly and 
I’ll add you to the roster.

Thanks!
Dan


> On 15 Jul 2021, at 11:24, Daniel Ayala <00000287355b18f9-dmarc-request () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> wrote:
>
> Crossposting on CIO, SECURITY and LIBIT lists:
>
> Colleagues,
>  
> Over the past 10 years I have been involved in leading and improving security and privacy within library, publishing 
> and university environments. One of the topics that comes up regularly and is fairly consistent is the struggle in 
> the relationships between University IT and the Library as well as between Information Security and University 
> Libraries. Some of the rationale goes back in time, some of the basis still remains today, but there’s increasing 
> need for these groups to improve relationships.
>  
> With the recent amplification of threats by hacking groups and foreign states against researchers and their research, 
> and university networks and systems I am hoping that there is renewed interest in rebuilding these relationships to 
> help on a common cause. Layer in changes to the technology that libraries have long counted on to allow access to 
> content and evolving legislation reinforces the need to work closely together on what comes next for the security and 
> privacy within the technology of the library.
>  
> In speaking with Brian Kelly recently, we are trying to gauge interest in establishing an EDUCAUSE working group 
> comprised of leadership representatives from University Librarians, CISO and CIO organisations with the goal of 
> creating aides, playbooks and education to help understand each others mission and overcome the challenges that have 
> kept relationships from building and growing in the past.
>  
> If you are interested in participating or contributing to such a group, please contact me at daniel () secratic com 
> <mailto:daniel () secratic com> and cc: Brian Kelly. If you already have a strong relationship with your university 
> library, please also get in touch as I would like to know what has made it and keeps it strong and share across the 
> communities.
>  
> Sincerely,
> Daniel Ayala
> On behalf of the Scholarly Networks Security Initiative
> (https://snsi.info <https://snsi.info/>)
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