Requesting Feedback on Initial Report and Upcoming Webinar: Guidance for Trustworthy Data Management in Science Projects

The Trustworthy Data Working Group has published an initial draft report at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4056241 on guidance for trustworthy management in science projects.  

We invite the community’s feedback on the initial version of this report and input toward our revisions via the working group mailing list. You may also send input directly to Jim Basney at jbasney@illinois.edu. Please attend the Science Gateways webinar on Wednesday, October 7th at 1pm Eastern, where Jim will be presenting an overview of the guidance report. 

This report builds off key findings from its previously published survey report regarding trustworthy data and provides recommendations to address those concerns. The report covers stakeholders of trustworthy data, the definition of trustworthiness, findings from the survey report, barriers to trustworthiness, tools and technologies for trustworthy data, and communication of trustworthiness.

We thank all the members of the Trustworthy Data Working Group for their help with developing this guidance as well as their participation throughout the year. The working group will be revising its guidance in November, incorporating community input received in October, to be included in the working group's final report in December.

Working group membership is open to all who are interested. Please visit https://www.trustedci.org/2020-trustworthy-data for details.

Survey Report: Scientific Data Security Concerns and Practices

The Trustworthy Data Working Group has published a report at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3906865 that summarizes the results from our survey of scientific data security concerns and practices. 111 participants completed the survey from a wide range of positions and roles within their organizations and projects. We invite the community’s feedback on this report and input to the ongoing work of the working group via the working group mailing list. You may also send input directly to Jim Basney at jbasney@illinois.edu.

Next, the working group will be developing guidance on trustworthy data for science projects and cyberinfrastructure developers, based on the survey results and on resources from NIST, RDA, ESIP and others. Related work includes NIST 1800-25, the TRUST Principles for Digital Repositories, and Risk Assessment for Scientific Data. The working group will also be providing input into the next revision of the Open Science Cyber Risk Profile (OSCRP).

Working group membership is open to all who are interested. Please visit https://www.trustedci.org/2020-trustworthy-data for details.

Study of scientific data security concerns and practices

The Trustworthy Data Working Group invites scientific researchers and the cyberinfrastructure professionals who support them to complete a short survey about scientific data security concerns and practices.

The working group is a collaborative effort of Trusted CI, the four NSF Big Data Innovation Hubs, the NSF CI CoE Pilot, the Ostrom Workshop on Data Management and Information Governance, the NSF Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC), the Indiana Geological and Water Survey, the Open Storage Network, and other interested community members. The goal of the working group is to understand scientific data security concerns and provide guidance on ensuring the trustworthiness of data.

The purpose of this survey is to:

• Improve broad understanding of the range of data security concerns and practices for open science
• Provide input and help shape new guidance for science projects and cyberinfrastructure providers
• Serve as an opportunity to consider local data security concerns during a voluntary, follow-up interview

Please visit https://surveys.illinois.edu/sec/281601 to complete the survey (before May 31st), and please share this announcement to help us obtain a broad set of responses representing a diversity of perspectives across the scientific community. Multiple individuals from the same organization/project are welcome to take the survey.

Survey results, along with the analysis and applicable guidance, will be published by the Trustworthy Data Working Group as a freely available report by the end of 2020. Please visit https://trustedci.org/trustworthy-data for updated information about the study.

Any questions/comments, please contact Jim Basney at jbasney@illinois.edu.

Invitation to Join Trustworthy Data Working Group

In February 2020, Trusted CI will launch a new Trustworthy Data Working Group. With the recent renewal by NSF, Trusted CI is focusing each year on a new challenge to NSF science, and this working group represents our inaugural effort for 2020. The group will survey science projects to learn about data security concerns and practices. We will analyze the survey results and develop guidance for science projects and cyberinfrastructure developers, including references to existing resources. We will then publish the survey results, along with the analysis and guidance, as a freely-available report by the end of 2020, and we will share the results in a Trusted CI webinar and in other venues.

To form this working group, Trusted CI is collaborating with the four NSF Big Data Innovation Hubs, the NSF CI CoE Pilot, the Ostrom Workshop on Data Management and Information Governance, the NSF Engagement and Performance Operations Center (EPOC), the Indiana Geological and Water Survey, the Open Storage Network, and other interested community members. Participation in the working group is open to all.

To participate:

• Visit https://trustedci.org/2020-trustworthy-data to comment on the working group’s draft charter and join the mailing list.
• Complete the poll at https://doodle.com/poll/hhswbyu4927638dr to help us select a weekly time for a working group call.
• Respond to our survey when it is announced and comment on our draft report when it is published.

Any questions/comments? Join the discussion on the mailing list or contact the working group chair (Jim Basney).