Analysis of Sensitive Data in Secure Processing Environments (SPE)

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Analysis of Sensitive Data in Secure Processing Environments (SPE)

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This tutorial presents the implementation of a SPE in the de.NBI Cloud (ELIXIR-DE) using ELIXIR and open-source services.

The aim of this tutorial is to describe how to deploy and configure a Secure Processing Environment (SPE) for analyzing large volumes of sensitive data generated by biomedical and clinical research. Easy and secure access to such environments accelerates research and enables participation by researchers with limited resources.

Users of an SPE can run workflows on sensitive data, without ever gaining access to the actual data. The data is processed securely and the user can only access the results of the workflows.

Licence: MIT License

Keywords: Security, Computational research, GA4GH, WES, WESkit

Target audience: ELIXIR member

Resource type: E-Learning

Version: 1.0.0

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

Linux, Bash

Date created: 2026-01-05

Date published: 2026-01-26

Authors: Landfried Kraatz, Valentin Schneider-Lunitz

Contributors: Sven Twardziok