Data Prerequisites
1. Data must be high-risk
Nero is exclusively available for research using high-risk data.
If your project does not involve high-risk data, Stanford Research Computing has robust research computing options for low- and moderate-risk data.
2. A Data Risk Assessment must be completed
Each new data set brought into the Nero environment will undergo a Data Risk Assessment. Stanford’s Information Security Office (ISO) and the University Privacy Office (UPO) evaluate projects based on all applicable security and privacy laws and regulations as well as University policy. Once the DRA is approved, the data set can be brought on the Nero platform.
Note: The DRA requirement does not apply if the project only uses data from the Stanford Medicine Research Data Repository (STARR) or Population Health Sciences (PHS), which are already covered by a DRA