[Koha-devel] Fwd: Questionaire regarding Patron Privacy and Security

[Marshall Breeding]

Should I consider the Koha response to my Questionaire regarding Patron Privacy and Security complete?

Thanks for your help with this project.

-marshall


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From: koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org [mailto:koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org] On Behalf Of Chris Cormack
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 1:51 PM
To: koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org
Subject: [Koha-devel] Fwd: Questionaire regarding Patron Privacy and Security

Forwarded with Marshall's permission
Would you be able to help me fill this out?
Galen has already made a good start which I have pasted at
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/YiC0J8efmw
Also the Evergreen community are working on their response at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RgTnQOITvm3B_yzBOTfAuPZgDZig7xQ3N7Euib8rONc/edit
Thanks

Chris

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marshall Breeding <marshall.breeding at librarytechnology.org<mailto:marshall.breeding at librarytechnology.org>>
Date: 11 November 2014 02:55
Subject: Questionaire regarding Patron Privacy and Security
To: Chris Cormack <chris at bigballofwax.co.nz<mailto:chris at bigballofwax.co.nz>>

As you know, libraries are increasingly concerned with protecting the privacy of their patrons and in strong security.  For an upcoming panel for CNI I have been charged with gathering data regarding how library management systems handle patron privacy and security.

It would be great if I could have responses by November 21, 2014.

Could you provide responses for the Koha?  You are the one that comes to mind among those in the Koha community, but if there is someone else that you think should respond, please let me know. I really appreciate your help.

I am interested in gathering some information regarding the current capabilities or options that systems offer today, looking forward to further progress in this arena toward more secure treatment of patron-related transactions.  Given increasing concerns, I would expect that each company is working on providing a more secure environment.

This data initially will be used for a briefing at the upcoming CNI Fall 2014 Membership Meeting, December 8-9, 2014:
http://www.cni.org/events/membership-meetings/upcoming-meeting/fall-2014/project-briefings-breakout-sessions/

I also anticipate that this information would be helpful for other discussions, presentations, or reports.

In addition to information provided by the developers of systems, I may also work with systems administrators of the various products for their perspectives on these security-related capabilities and options.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could have your technical or product managers provide responses to these specific questions.  It would also be helpful to have any additional comments or perspective whether these seem to be the best areas of concern regarding patron privacy, if there are alternative strategies that you are pursuing.  I would also be interested to hear whether this topic has been raised also by your customers or users through enhancement requests or other product roadmap priorities.

Does your online catalog or discovery interface:

•         Enforce encryption through SSL for all transactions involving patron activity

•         Offer the library an option to enable SSL for all transactions involving patron activity

•         Enforce encryption for specific pages or transactions involving patron details or login credentials

•         Offer the library an option to enable SSL for specific pages or transactions involving patron details or login details

Does your client or interface for delivering functionality to library personnel:

•         Enforce encryption through SSL or other encryption mechanisms for all transactions

•         Offer the library an option to enable SSL or other encryption mechanisms for all transactions

•         Enforce encryption for specific pages or transactions involving patron details

•         Enforce Encryption for specific pages involving authentication of library personnel accounts

•         Offer the library an option to enable SSL for specific pages involving patron details

•         Offer the library an option to enable SSL or other encryption mechanisms for specific pages involving authentication of library personnel

•         Enforce encryption for transactions involving institutional financial data (acquisitions, patron fines, etc)

•         Offer the library an option to enable SSL or other encryption mechanisms for financial transactions

How does your platform or system deal with the security of the storage of specific types of data:

•         Does your system store patron passwords or PINs as unencrypted text

•         Does your system store patron passwords or PINs as salted hash or similar mechanisms

•         Does your system encrypt patron details as they are recorded and stored?

Are logs or other system files that include patron search or reading behaviors encrypted?

Describe any other security measures in place that protect patron privacy as it is transmitted over local networks or the Internet from interception by any third party.  One specific scenario that has been a topic of concern involves the presentation of e-book discovery and lending transactions via library catalogs or discovery interfaces.

Describe any integration with third party organizations that could potential expose patron details, search, or reading patterns and measures that you have provided to strengthen privacy and security.

Do the APIs allow or require encryption in requests or responses that include patron-related data?
What limitations to security impact your system imposed by the APIs or protocols managed by external or third-part products?

Would your company be interested in a standardized specification for the treatment of patron or financial data, similar to the way that PCI provides a compliance framework for e-commerce transactions?

I really appreciate your help with this project.  Please confirm that you will be able to respond and let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

-marshall


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