A secure, NIST and HIPAA-compliant, computing environment built within the Microsoft Azure cloud environment.
- Provides a safe, scalable data analytics space for authorized researchers.
- Isolates each project with dedicated private data storage and computing resources.
- Securely delivers research data and tailors compute instances to analytic needs.
- All data are encrypted, at rest and in transit.
- Facilitates data analysis within the environment, removing the need to download data.
Real-World Data Collaborative in Platform X
SMPH has established a generalizable and adaptable “Real-World Data Collaborative” (RWDC) environment within the Platform X using Infrastructure as Code to support large projects with multi-dimensional data and data linkages. The cloud infrastructure and RWDC includes:
- Globus secure file transfer from external sites
- Azure Data Factory code orchestration for internal storage accounts and integration with other SQL data
- VMs to host a variety of software tools (e.g. R, Python) to conduct analyses secured by oBastion.
- Backup Vault of all data in storage accounts, VMs, File Share, and SQL Databases.
- Active security center monitoring for suspicious activity and compliance with established control systems.
This cloud-based infrastructure facilitates efficient and timely data sharing and submission to national repositories and promotes data sharing in compliance with NIH guidelines.