Trusted Research Environments

SeRP

Monash Secure eResearch Platform (SeRP) is a secure environment for sharing research data for collaboration and analysis, within the control and governance of the data custodian. Monash SeRP allows the Data custodian or the delegated project manager (Data Custodian) to have visibility and control over how their data is being used by other approved researchers.

Onboarding a project/registry is simple and straightforward. The project owner places a request to create a project. A consultant will then be in touch to discuss the requirements and create the project.

Once a project is established and a dataset uploaded, a Data Custodian can allocate controlled access to this dataset, provide computing power and approved analytical tools to approved researchers, and manage the controls of the environment including restricting access to the internet, restricting the importing of other data, authorise all removals of data and audit the usage of data and compute resources.

    • Secure remote access to your research data.

    • Fully controlled environment.

    • Regularly updated software packages to assist you in your data analysis.

    • Accessible using most modern web browsers and mobile devices.

    • Hosted on NeCTAR Research Cloud (Local Monash Instance).

    • Dedicated Support Website (Support and Knowledge Base, Researcher and Custodian Guidelines).

    • Modules in development: Data Linkage & Natural Language Processing

  • Data Custodian Benefits:

    • Secure and data custodian governed.

    • File in and File out the approval process.

    • Customisable permission levels.

    • Dataset upload.

    • Customisable for each project.

    Researcher/ Analyst Benefits:

    • Separate and dedicated storage (Project Drive and User Drive).

    • Drives are not accessible outside the secure remote desktop.

    • No Saving to desktop.

    • No Internet access required.

  • Applications are delivered dynamically and are assigned to the user upon login.

    Currently, the following applications are delivered dynamically:

    • SPSS

    • Stata

    • SAS

    • R Studio

    • MatLab

    • Notepad++

    • Python

    • Microsoft Office applications

    *Additional applications can be installed upon request (subject to licencing).

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