In April 2017, Trusted CI released the Open Science Cyber Risk Profile (OSCRP), a document designed to help principal investigators and their supporting information technology professionals assess cybersecurity risks related to open science projects. The OSCRP was the culmination of extensive discussions with research and education community leaders, and has since become a widely-used resource, including numerous references in recent National Science Foundation (NSF) solicitations.
The OSCRP has always been intended to be a living document. In order to gather material for continued refreshing of ideas, Trusted CI has spent the past couple of years performing in-depth examination of additional topics for inclusion in a revised OSCRP. In 2019, Trusted CI examined the causes of random bit flips in scientific computing and common measures used to mitigate the effects of “bit flips.” Its report, “An Examination and Survey of Random Bit Flips and Scientific Computing,” was issued in December 2019. In order to address the community's need for insights on how to start thinking about computing on sensitive data, in 2020, Trusted CI examined data confidentiality issues and solutions in academic research computing. Its report, “An Examination and Survey of Data Confidentiality Issues and Solutions in Academic Research Computing,” was issued in September 2020.
Both reports have now been updated, with the current versions being made available at the links to the report titles above. In conjunction, the Open Science Cyber Risk Profile (OSCRP) itself has also been refreshed with insights from both data confidentiality and data integrity reports.
All of these documents will continue to be living reports that will be updated over time to serve community needs. Comments, questions, and suggestions about this post, and both documents are always welcome at info@trustedci.org.
