Tanvi Desai
Five Safes: Designing data access for research
Desai, Tanvi; Ritchie, Felix; Welpton, Richard
Abstract
What is the best way of managing access to sensitive data? This is not a straightforward question, as it involves the interaction of legal, technical, statistical and, above all, human components to produce a solution. This paper introduces a modelling tool designed to simplify and structure such decision-making.
The Five Safes model is a popular framework for designing, describing and evaluating access systems for data, used by data providers, data users, and regulators. The model integrates analysis of opportunities, constraints, costs and benefits of different approaches, taking account of the level of data anonymisation, the likely users, the scope for training, the environment through which data are accessed, and the statistical outputs derived from data use.
Up to now this model has largely been described indirectly in other papers which have used it as a framing device. This paper focuses specifically on the framework, discusses usage, and demonstrates where it sits with other data and risk management tools. The aim is to provide a practical guide to the effective planning and management of access to research data.
Citation
Desai, T., Ritchie, F., & Welpton, R. (2016). Five Safes: Designing data access for research
Acceptance Date | Jan 29, 2016 |
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Publication Date | Jan 29, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Feb 2, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | data access, data management, confidentiality, security engineering, statistical disclosure control |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/914745 |
Publisher URL | http://www1.uwe.ac.uk/bl/research/bristoleconomicanalysis/economicsworkingpapers/economicspapers2016.aspx |
Related Public URLs | http://www2.uwe.ac.uk/faculties/BBS/Documents/1601.pdf |
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