Abstract
The University of Maryland Controlled Unclassified Information Environment is a secure computing and storage cluster that supports research and project data that must be protected using the NIST SP 800-171 guidelines. This solution provides our researchers a System Security Plan to present to sponsors.
In order to balance costs and security, our approach uses on-premise hardware and third-party software to provide researchers and principal investigators with a ‘vault’ for uploading and storing files, virtual machines for performing analysis, and a dynamic encryption process that prevents access to data by anyone but those designated by a principal investigator (PI) or file owner. The environment is designed to maintain simplicity without compromising a high level of security, so despite the complex encryption processes that keep files secure, using the system is relatively easy.
During this Open Call, We will give you an overview and demonstration of our solution. After the presentation, we will open the meeting for questions and answers from our team.