Dissemination of research data can present challenges for the project staff charged with securing the sensitive data, especially on machines over which they have no administrative control. This case study defines a major risk - deductive disclosure - associated with longitudinal research data and gives an overview of the defense-in-depth security plans I developed to help one research project protect the data they disseminated to researchers around the country who are storing and analyzing the data on a number of different computer systems. I also developed for this research project some “fill in the blank” forms mirroring the security plans to assist researchers who are applying to use the data. These security plans are now being implemented in research environments nationwide. I reevaluate these security plans and forms periodically to ensure current best practices are maintained.
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