CICI: RDP: Open Badge Researcher Credentials for Secure Access to Restricted and Sensitive Data

该项目通过开发和试点开放徽章研究证书系统（OBRCS），降低了保护研究数据的复杂性。开放徽章是一种视觉标记，表明成就、隶属关系、授权或另一种信任关系，并且可以在网络上共享。管理和保护受限制数据的挑战意味着，数据提供者往往对共享敏感数据持谨慎态度，或者数据最终落入坏人之手，使用这些数据对社会和科学的潜在收益无法实现。OBRCS允许研究人员公开展示他们不断发展的证书，并公开记录他们的成就和证书，从而实现更多的协作，促进数据重用，并支持复制工作。OBRCS通过确保研究数据的完整性、弹性和可靠性使科学界受益。结合和分析收集的数据可以实现科学突破。高效、安全的数据共享和重用促进了协作和复制，从而提高了科学水平。然而，管理不同的访问策略、对敏感数据进行身份验证和授权访问是所有数据管理组织面临的挑战。未经授权的访问会威胁到数据的完整性和研究参与者的隐私，这些威胁会影响研究人员得出的结论。该项目通过三个主要活动来实现这些目标：(a)开发一个管理研究人员证书的开放徽章系统，(b)阐明指示访问标准的数据敏感性和风险级别，以及(c)确定在受限制的数据访问系统中数据用户的开放性和隐私性之间的适当平衡。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project reduces the complexity in protecting research data by developing and piloting an open badge research credential system (OBRCS). Open badges are visual tokens that signal achievement, affiliation, authorization, or another trust relationship and are shareable across the web. The challenges of managing and protecting restricted data mean that data providers are often wary of sharing sensitive data or that data ends up in the wrong hands, and potential gains to society and science from using those data go unrealized. OBRCS allows researchers to present their evolving credentials openly and to record their achievements and credentials publicly and enables more collaboration, facilitates data re-use, and supports replication efforts. OBRCS benefits the scientific community by ensuring the integrity, resilience, and reliability of research data.Combining and analyzing collections of data enable scientific breakthroughs. Efficient, secure data sharing and reuse facilitates collaboration and replication, leading to better science. However, managing different access policies, authenticating, and authorizing access to sensitive data is a challenge faced by all data management organizations. Unauthorized access threatens the integrity of data and the privacy of study participants and these threats can impact the conclusions researchers draw. The project achieves these goals through three main activities: (a) develops an open badge system for managing researcher credentials, (b) articulates levels of data sensitivity and risk that indicate criteria for access, and (c) identifies the right balance between openness and privacy for data users in a restricted data access system.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.