Tools to manage restricted-use data contracts & data dissemination

1. ICPSR Secure Data Services
Broadening Access. Reducing Risk
Tools to manage restricted-use data
contracts & data dissemination
July 26, 2012

2. 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

3. Technological Requirements

4. From Requirements to a
System

5. 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)

6. ICPSR Secure Data Services

7. ICPSR Secure Data Services

8. Finding ICPSR Restricted
Data

9. Finding ICPSR Restricted
Data

10. Contracting ICPSR
Restricted Data

11. Internal Reporting

12. The Virtual Data Enclave
(VDE)
Delivering Restricted Data
Electronically

13. The Virtual Lab
This is your local
This is the DP virtual computer’s desktop
machine Windows desktop at your approved
(connected to the ICPSR location.
Neither content or data
data center).
can be transferred
between the DP and … …your local desktop.
x
You cannot import programs into the DP. You
cannot cut and paste or move files outside the You cannot cut & paste
DP. or move files between
your computer (or
You cannot access the Internet within the DP so anywhere else) and
using web browsers, email, and ftp is not the DP.
possible.

14. The Virtual Video Lab

15. 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

16. Questions

17. Pictures if needed – Delete this
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