Islandora Security Working Group: Call for Convenors and Participants

[Melissa Anez]

Hi all,

Following our brush with security vulnerabilities last month[1], we've identified a clear need for a better (or any) policies to guide the Islandora community through the next time this happens. Dan Aitken put forward a document[2] a couple of weeks ago for feedback from the community, and now it's time to review that feedback and start formulating some plans.

To that end, you are invited to join an Islandora Security Working Group, whose goal will be to review community feedback, examples from other communities, and existing practices, and to come up with a proposal for an official policy or procedures for our community to follow when dealing with security issues in Islandora.

We are also looking for interested parties to *lead* the effort. It could be organized as a temporary Interest Group[3], or follow a more informal structure and organize as needed. Either way, we will need one or two people to shepherd things along and organize discussions. If you are interested in taking part, please reply (or email me at ma...@islandora.ca). Ditto if you want to convene. 

Thank you,

- Melissa

[1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/islandora/tBmPJeGKfD8/6h4VxlXQLwAJ

[2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/158URy7g76JTwgUCigAspcWVp7I1QhJtHZ84fSDWH6PM

[3] http://islandora.ca/content/establishing-islandora-interest-groups

[Melissa Anez]

Giving this a bump. This will be the last week for recruitment, and then the works starts, so if you are interested in being a part of the conversation about how we handle security in Islandora, please let me know.

- Melissa

[dric...@utk.edu]

I'm interested in leading this group. Is there something specific the community wants out of this group?