A case study of the Secure Anonymous Information Linkage (SAIL) Gateway: a privacy-protecting remote access system for health-related research and evaluation.

With the current expansion of data linkage research, the challenge is to find the balance between preserving the privacy of person-level data whilst making these data accessible for use to their full potential. We describe a privacy-protecting safe haven and secure remote access system, referred to as the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Gateway. The Gateway provides data users with a familiar Windows interface and their usual toolsets to access approved anonymously-linked datasets for research and evaluation. We outline the principles and operating model of the Gateway, the features provided to users within the secure environment, and how we are approaching the challenges of making data safely accessible to increasing numbers of research users. The Gateway represents a powerful analytical environment and has been designed to be scalable and adaptable to meet the needs of the rapidly growing data linkage community.

Comparison of four digital resources-authorized access systems based on URL rewriting technology / 中华医学图书情报杂志

The basic functions and characteristics of AUTU-IFC, Union Remote Access System, Shangyi Easy Share System and VPN358 were described in this paper in order to help the users to select their appropriate remote access systems and meet their requirements to access digital resources at any time and at any place.

Comparison of four digital resources-authorized access systems based on URL rewriting technology / 中华医学图书情报杂志

The basic functions and characteristics of AUTU-IFC, Union Remote Access System, Shangyi Easy Share System and VPN358 were described in this paper in order to help the users to select their appropriate remote access systems and meet their requirements to access digital resources at any time and at any place.