Secure Research Infrastructure Using Ticrypt

Digital data is increasingly important and becoming more prevalent in research. As such, a significant and growing fraction of that data is subject to complex security and privacy standards for its storage and processing. With the introduction of contractual requirements for NIST Special Publication 800-171 and other compliance frameworks, universities are under expanded pressure to secure research infrastructure to ensure their researchers comply with laws, regulations, and contractual requirements. The University of Florida developed tiCrypt, a bundled security middleware product, and implemented their ResVault system to meet the growing need for secure research infrastructure. The University of Maryland and Princeton University, both seeking to meet compliance requirements for secure research, have also implemented systems using tiCrypt. As new institutions adopt tiCrypt, the Tera Insights development team continues to add functionality to meet the needs of a broad range of research workflows.