The Honest Broker Service works on a “Data Access”, rather than “Data Dissemination” model. We do not send datasets to institutions for them to access data on their own networks. We have established an Honest Broker Service tenancy of the Secure e-Research Platform, this is based on a collaboration agreement between the HSC Business Services Organisation, Queen’s University Belfast, who act as funders, and Swansea University, who provide the infrastructure as a service.
This allows researchers to access their project data remotely, from home, or work in a secure, controlled environment. Throughout the life of each project we follow the 5 SAFES framework. When a researcher has completed a piece of work they can submit an output request and the Honest Broker Service will check the output to make sure that people cannot be re-identified before it can be removed from the environment.
Features of SeRP:
- Secure Remote Access based on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Access to the de-identified datasets for your approved project
- Access to a collaborative workspace with analytical tools
- A secure airlock for submitting code into the system and output requests
- Unlocking Health Insights, Safeguarding Privacy
Analytical tools available:
- Microsoft Excel
- R Studio
- Python
- STATA
- SPSS