Harvard-MIT Data Center

It is your responsibility to follow Harvard's policies on data security while working with our systems.

Be aware that data that contains information about students or is related to Harvard's business and operations can be classified as confidential and require special handling. In addition, private data that could be associated, even indirectly, with a specific individual usually is considered high-risk confidential information; such data can be stored and processed only on specially designated computer systems.

Please refer to http://security.harvard.edu/ for detailed information on Harvard's policies. If you have any doubt whether your data should be classified as confidential, please contact the University Technology Security Officer listed on the previously listed site.

Special Considerations

If your research requires that you work with confidential data, please contact us. We are happy to consult with you to create a workflow that enables you to work productively while at the same time complying with data security constraints, and have at our disposal a number of access control techniques that can be used to selectively grant access to restricted information.

While the University's data security policies might appear onerous, they exist for good reason. While we cannot assume full responsibility for your compliance with Harvard's security policy, we can work with you to find a solution that meets your needs.

The IQSS Dataverse Network repository is designed to host research data for researchers who need a safe place to store, share, or publish them. It can be customized easily to look like a researcher's own website, even though it is hosted on the repository's servers. Currently there are over 30,000 studies and over 600,000 files hosted in the Dataverse Network, and these numbers grow on a daily basis.

To learn more about the IQSS Dataverse Network, or to request your own IQSS-hosted dataverse, please visit http://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/.

The Henry A. Murray Research Archive is a permanent repository for a wide range of research data. The MRA's holdings include quantitative data, interview transcripts, audio, and video, which are made available to researchers via the Research Data Hosting.

For more information about the Murray Research Archive, please visit the archive at http://www.murray.harvard.edu/.