ICPSR Secure Data ServicesBroadening Access. Reducing Risk

July 26, 2012

Tools to manage restricted-use data contracts & data dissemination

Our Agenda• Secure Data Services (SDS) –

The Technical Requirements• Restricted Contract & Data

Flow – The Process Map• Interacting with the System –

The Screenshots & Demo– Finding restricted data– Contracting & analyzing interface– Preview of video data

dissemination• Learnings from other SDS

Systems & Your Questions

Technological Requirements

From Requirements to a System

The Scope of Restricted Contract Management

• ICPSR is currently managing about 1,250 active contracts Across 500+ institutions Representing 150+ studies Approximately 25-35 new contracts per

month• Vast majority manually delivered &

tracked• 631 studies now/soon available for

electronic contracting 47 contracted studies currently in

electronic tracking system (with 10 under review)

ICPSR Secure Data Services

ICPSR Secure Data Services

Finding ICPSR Restricted Data

Finding ICPSR Restricted Data

Contracting ICPSR Restricted Data

Internal Reporting

The Virtual Data Enclave (VDE)

Delivering Restricted Data Electronically

The Virtual Lab

This is the DP virtual machine Windows desktop (connected to the ICPSR data center).

This is your local computer’s desktop at your approved location.Neither content or data

can be transferred between the DP and … …your local desktop.

You cannot import programs into the DP. You cannot cut and paste or move files outside the DP.

You cannot access the Internet within the DP so using web browsers, email, and ftp is not possible.

You cannot cut & paste or move files between your computer (or anywhere else) and the DP.

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The Virtual Video Lab

Virtual Data Dissemination Challenges & Learnings

• Lots of legal issues– Your IRB or mine?– UM Counsel vs <Institution X> Counsel

• PI (Data Producer) Adoption Slow– Differing analysis review desires– Still like CD-Roms & FTP

• An altered way of analyzing for researcher/research team

• Costs to run = not consortium-esque

Questions

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