<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style><div class="gmail_default" style>The Virtual Data Enclave (VDE) at ICPSR is now available to accept a variety of restricted-use data from depositors.</div><div class="gmail_default" style>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style>The VDE provides researchers access to quantitative and qualitative restricted-use data in a secure environment. It is a virtual machine launched from the researcher's desktop but operating on a remote server at ICPSR, similar to remotely logging into another physical computer. The virtual machine is isolated from the users' physical desktop computers, restricting them from downloading files. Users also are prevented from emailing, copying, or otherwise moving files outside of the secure environment.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style>Data remain on ICPSR file servers and are accessed and analyzed by researchers virtually. The results of analyses are reviewed by ICPSR for disclosure risk before they are transferred to researchers.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style>"The VDE offers new ways of providing important data to the research community while respecting the confidentiality of subjects," said ICPSR Director George Alter. "We are reminded every day that computer security is a complex problem, and the VDE is an important new tool for reconciling data access with data protection."</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style>About 100 total data files constituting 10 studies currently are housed within the virtual enclave.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style><br>
</div><div class="gmail_default" style>For more detail, please read the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/vdeavailable">full release on the ICPSR website</a>.</div></div>
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