SNSI Security Summit
Our flagship annual event tackles the most pressing cybersecurity challenges in scholarly publishing and research.
Our annual SNSI Security Summit brings together cybersecurity professionals, publishers, librarians, and institutional leaders to tackle the most pressing security challenges in scholarly publishing and research. It gives the sector a chance to learn from experts, share practical experience, and build the collective resilience that no single organization can achieve alone. Whether you work in IT, cybersecurity, publishing, or library services, the Summit is designed to be relevant to your role.
Our next Security Summit
This year’s SNSI Security Summit is a focused roundtable event designed to empower academic librarians. Join us in October to get your cybersecurity questions answered by a panel of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and IT leaders. Come away with valuable insights and practical solutions to the challenges you face.
Title: Ask the CISO: Navigating Security, Access, and Collaboration in Academic Libraries
Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026
Time: 11:00 EDT / 16:00 BST
Length: 1 hour
Location: Online
Speakers
Moderator: Rick Anderson, University Librarian, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Panel: David Sherry, Executive Cybersecurity Consultant, Moran Technology Consulting, Leo Nelson, CISO, Villanova University, and Joe Bazeley, CISO, Fairfield University.
Why attend?
Ask your burning questions about information security, IT-Library collaboration, and navigating complex access-management issues.
Gain valuable insights and practical solutions to the specific challenges you face in providing secure access to licensed content and protecting user privacy.
Understand the CISO perspective on how libraries contribute to organizational cybersecurity.
Meet other academic librarians facing the same cybersecurity challenges as you.
We look forward to welcoming you. Together we can be part of the solution.
Who should attend SNSI Security Summits?
Cybersecurity in the scholarly publishing and research sector moves fast. It is too complex, and the stakes too high, for any of us to tackle alone. That is why we bring together the people and organizations best placed to respond.
Our Security Summits enable us to share insights, keep up to date, and learn from leading cybersecurity professionals. They also provide a collaborative space to help us support each other and work on the problem together.
Publishers. Hear how peers are protecting scholarly content and infrastructure from emerging threats.
Librarians. Practical guidance on protecting patron data and library systems, from people who understand the sector.
IT and cybersecurity teams. Sector-specific threat intelligence you will not find at a general security conference.
Institutional leadership. A clear view of the risks facing scholarly publishing and research networks, and how we can address them with collective action.
Past SNSI Security Summit sessions
Explore recordings and highlights from previous SNSI Security Summits.
2025 – Guardians of Information: Preparing Libraries for Cyber Threats
A look at how libraries can prepare for and respond to cyber threats.
2024 - From Threats to Solutions: Cybersecurity in Academic Libraries
Learn more about the evolving cybersecurity landscape and gain practical strategies to implement at your institution.
2023 - GenZ, Cybersecurity, and New Security Measures on User-Facing Tech – an SNSI Security Summit
Learn how institutions can take a proactive approach to cybersecurity training and upcoming security measures on user-facing technology.
2022 - A Librarian’s Guide to Cybercrime Mitigation
How can librarians mitigate risk and proactively protect against cybersecurity threats?
2021 - Cyber Security in Higher Education
How can librarians and those in higher education contribute to the cyber security effort?