Secure handling of confidential and strictly confidential research data

Abstract

Handling confidential data usually raises data protection and data security issues. In this workshop, you will find out about legal and information security requirements, and learn how to classify research data as confidential or strictly confidential. You will also be given an introduction to an IT infrastructure for handling confidential and strictly confidential data.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the workshop, you are able to

• understand data protection and privacy issues when you are dealing with strictly confidential and confidential data in research projects,

• have the necessary knowledge to conduct research respecting both legislation as well as information security requirements,

• identify if your research data classifies as strictly confidential or confidential,

• apply “best practices” for secure handling of strictly confidential and confidential data for research,

• be aware of how to use secure scientific Data and IT infrastructures for Strictly Confidential and Confidential Data for research at ETH,

• write a data management plan for strictly confidential and confidential data for research.

Content

• Research on strictly confidential and confidential data

• Data privacy and data protection: legislation and cybersecurity awareness

• Data classification: strictly confidential, confidential, internal and public classification levels

• Leonhard Med, ETH Zurich, a Swiss secure, powerful and versatile scientific data IT Platform for research on stricly confidential and confidential data

• “Best practices” for secure handling of strictly confidential and confidential data for research along the entire data life cycle, from data collection, data management and analysis to publication in repositories and long-term preservation

Location

• Online
  Zoom

Target audience

Language

Comment

The workshop is part of the series: "Research data management and related topics". Participation in all workshops is recommended, but not mandatory.  You can find the registration for the workshop under “Open activity webpage”.The workshop will be held in English. 

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