SDS system access - user journey

Upon gaining access to the service, users will be provided with a secure filespace on the central server and access to analytical and office software, along with the data files for which they have received clearance. This self-contained secure 'home away from home' will allow users to work in familiar analytical environments whilst ensuring the security of the data:

• users log into the system from their own JANET-connected computer, or for some datasets from a designated secure machine/safe room at their home institution
  
  
• users are presented with a familiar desktop, including their favourite statistical analysis tools (Stata, SPSS) for performing all their analyses, and office software
  
  
• users are encouraged to work collaboratively by the provision of collaborative project areas for sharing interim outputs and papers amongst approved project members dispersed across institutions
  
  
• users are allowed to bring in any data from the standard UK Data Archive collection and, with appropriate vetting, their own data, to use alongside the SDS data
  
  
• all data and working outputs stay on SDS's secure central server - final outputs intended for publications can be removed only after careful vetting for statistical disclosure issues by SDS expert staff (and in some cases, data owners)