Research Data Management

Research Data Storage, Security, and Backup

Securing and Backing Up Your Research Data

The university’s Information Solutions and Services (ISS) provide advice and services for:

• protecting research data;

• handling sensitive and highly sensitive data;

• backing up data; and

• laptop encryption

There is also related information in the Guidance notes for Research Ethics Application. See https://nuigalwayie.sharepoint.com/sites/ResearchEthics sections 8.1 – Data/Sample Storage and 8.3 – Data/Sample Retention & Disposal

Storing Your Research Data

University of Galway offers researchers with Office OneDrive for Business cloud storage. Features include:

• Accessible anywhere on multiple devices

• Access controlled by the data owner with strong file sharing capabilities

• Transparent synchronisation across PCs

• 1TB initial storage

• Max filesize of 250 GB

• Some restrictions on filenames

• Data encrypted in transit and at rest

• GDPR compliant

• Data is stored in EU

• Strong development roadmap from Microsoft

For more information, visit https://www.universityofgalway.ie/o365/onedrive/

For information on publishing and preserving your research data, refer to our Guide to Publishing Research Data.