When building applications, it is important to ensure that they are hosted appropriately. Secure Web Platforms (SWP) is a service offered by Research IT’s Highly Restricted Data Services (HRDS) Team that provides a hosting platform to meet even the strictest data security requirements.

It's important to keep your research data safe and secure. Ian Hinder, Research Software Engineer (RSE), explains how to keep your research files safe by storing them in the Research Data Storage system provided by IT Services.

The Research Data Gateway is a new service to increase the visibility of research data that you have shared. Most research funders, and an increasing number of journals, require researchers to share the data which underlies papers and this service will help you gain the maximum impact from doing this.

A new policy has been announced on Research Data Storage which affects all researchers. The University very strongly discourages the use of local storage devices (e.g. USB disks) and "in-house" data storage platforms (e.g. local NAS servers), otherwise known as “point storage solutions”.