LibGuides: Research Data Management: Secure

Information Security - Best Practices and more

Dalhousie University's Information Technology Services (ITS) provides some best practices for managing and protecting your digital information, including Back up & Recovery. Some information requires you to log in with your Dalhousie NetID and password.

Working with Sensitive Data

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada has a Sensitive Data Export Group. Together, they have developed a "Sensitive Data Toolkit for Researchers" that includes:

A glossary of terms for sensitive data used for research purposes
a human participant research data risk matrix
research data management language for informed consent

The toolkit materials are available on the Sensitive Data Expert Group section of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada's website.

Working with Personally Identifiable Research Data

The Dalhousie University Office of Research Services (ORS) has a quick-reference guide on its Research Ethics page:

Protecting Electronically Stored Personally Identifiable Research Data
This guide was created to help researchers manage the information participants provide to researchers. The focus is on personally identifiable participant information but can be applied to any type of participant research data. It identifies tools/methods that researchers can use to collect, transfer, and store identifiable participant data in ways that are ethically sound and comply with key pieces of privacy legislation [last updated January 2019].