ResearchDrive - Admin Guide for Campus IT Staff Supporting Researchers With Restricted Data
This document is a ResearchDrive admin guide for campus IT staff who support researchers working with Restricted Data.
- ResearchDrive Support Models
- ResearchDrive Support Tasks
- ResearchDrive Service Architecture
- ResearchDrive Network and Firewall Considerations
- ResearchDrive Security Permissions
ResearchDrive Support Models
ResearchDrive is designed as a collaborative service with the ability to delegate many support functions to local IT staff. See ResearchDrive - Request Support for an overview of the support models. Researchers that work with Restricted Data must work through their local IT staff in order to meet the compliance requirements.
Campus IT staff are welcome to sign up for a demo ResearchDrive account to test out the service by filling out the ResearchDrive account sign up form on the ResearchDrive - Getting Started page and then contacting the ResearchDrive Team so that the account can be approved.
ResearchDrive Support Tasks
The most common support tasks associated with ResearchDrive are helping users secure endpoints, connect to the storage, transfer data, facilitate adding/removing collaborators, and restore data from snapshots. In a collaborative support model, local IT staff are added as audit contacts for a ResearchDrive account and are then able to assist researchers with the following instructions.
Endpoint Security
Note: ResearchDrive aligns with the Secure Box Folders process and compliance requirements. The ResearchDrive team is working with the Office of Cybersecurity and the Office of Compliance on updates to the HIPAA Security Program website.
- Any UW–Madison workstation used to access restricted data must be maintained and supported by trained IT staff to ensure they are secure and not vulnerable to malware.
- Access to restricted data from any other workstation by UW faculty or staff is prohibited.
- A specific set of scans has been developed by the campus Office of Cybersecurity. These scans must be run and the resulting report submitted as part of the request for the creation of a ResearchDrive account configured for restricted data. ResearchDrive account requestors should consult with their departmental IT staff or designated HIPAA Security Coordinator to assist in the security scans.
When a ResearchDrive account with Restricted Data is requested, the Office of Cybersecurity will follow up with the IT team supporting the PI to ensure that the endpoints used to access the data meet the UW-Madison Workstation Security Requirements as well as any external IT teams to ensure compliance with the Workstation requirements for non UW-Madison/external collaborators. The IT team(s) supporting a PI and their collaborators must complete a ResearchDrive - Restricted Data Endpoint survey before a ResearchDrive account with Restricted Data can be provisioned.
Connecting to ResearchDrive
ResearchDrive is available from anywhere on the UW-Madison campus network or off-campus through a VPN.
- ResearchDrive - Connecting from an Apple Computer
- ResearchDrive - Connecting from a Linux Computer
- ResearchDrive - Connecting from a Windows Computer
Transferring Data
There are multiple ways to transfer data to and from ResearchDrive.
- ResearchDrive - Transferring Data with an Apple Computer
- ResearchDrive - Transferring Data with a Linux Computer
- ResearchDrive - Transferring Data with a Windows Computer
Working with Collaborators with Restricted Data
ResearchDrive is integrated with the central campus Active Directory Services for NetID-based-authentication and security permissions and also the Roles and Access Management (Manifest) service for creating collaboration groups and providing NetIDs for UW affiliates and external collaborators.
An IT Admins Manifest folder has been created for each department with researchers eligible for ResearchDrive. Manifest uw:app:restricteddrive:itadmins Folder. IT Admins can request changes to their group membership by contacting researchdrive@wisc.edu. These IT admin groups are automatically added to a PIs ResearchDrive account at activation. IT admins can view a list of their PIs with ResearchDrive accounts in the Manifest uw:app:restricteddrive:pis Folder. Contact the ResearchDrive Team if you have any questions or need additional groups created.
Each ResearchDrive account has a Manifest - uw:app:restricteddrive:pis:[netid] folder and several default collaboration groups defined that are published to Active Directory and used to provide secure access to the storage shares.
Note: you can request that individual people or existing Manifest groups be added to ResearchDrive collaboration groups. See Manifest - Manage Group Members for more details.
Role | Manifest Group | Active Directory Group | Features | Use Cases |
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Admins | restricteddrive-[netid]-admin | restricteddrive-[netid]-admin | Provides administrative control of a ResearchDrive account.
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Audit | restricteddrive-[netid]-audit | restricteddrive-[netid]-audit | Provides full read/write access to a ResearchDrive account, the ability to audit security groups, and make changes to your account on your behalf.
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Lab Members | restricteddrive-[netid]-lab | restricteddrive-[netid]-lab | Provides full read/write access to a ResearchDrive account for lab members.
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Read Only | restricteddrive-[netid]-readonly | restricteddrive-[netid]-readonly | Provides limited read only access to a ResearchDrive account.
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External | restricteddrive-[netid]-external | restricteddrive-[netid]-external | Provides a UW NetID account to external collaborators and affiliates.
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Refer to ResearchDrive - Working with Collaborators if you Have Restricted Data for more details.
Restoring ResearchDrive Data from Snapshots
Data stored on ResearchDrive is automatically backed up daily and replicated offsite for additional data protection. Snapshots are taken once a day and kept for 14 days and then weekly snapshots are kept for an additional two weeks. This allows you to recover accidentally deleted or files or folders within the past month.
Refer to ResearchDrive - Restoring Files or Folders from Snapshots for more details.
ResearchDrive Service Architecture
The ResearchDrive service uses Dell EMC Isilon scale-out NAS platform and is initially comprised of 12 PBs storage split between two clusters containing Isilon H500 and Isilon A2000 storage nodes. The primary storage cluster is hosted in the DoIT Dayton St Data Center and the mirror site is hosted off-campus in a commercial data center. The ResearchDrive service is architected based on the NIST 800-53 framework and complies with the UW-Madison - IT - Restricted Data Security Management Policy. It includes data protection and security features including encryption in transit and at rest, offsite backups, role based access control, and monitoring by the UW-Madison Office of Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC)
ResearchDrive Network and Firewall Considerations
ResearchDrive is hosted on private campus networks using the DoIT managed RFC 1918 Service. It is only available from UW-Madison campus networks or VPNs and is not accessible from the public internet. ResearchDrive is connected to the UW-Madison Distributed Datacenter Network (DDN) and supports 10 Gbs network connections. Note, the default UW-Madison Palo Alto Firewall Service configuration limits individual SMB connections to approximately 50MB/s. Please contact DoIT Network Services via the Help Desk to discuss configuration options if you need high performance connectivity to ResearchDrive.
Networks | Purpose | Firewall Requirements | Restricted Data |
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10.130.144.0/25, 10.136.63.0/24 | ResearchDrive Restricted Data Client network | SMBv3: 445/TCP | Yes |
10.128.56.128/25, 10.134.70.0/24, 128.104.79.64/26, 128.104.137.128/25 | ResearchDrive Management network | DNS: 53/TCP/UDP, kerberos 88/TCP/UDP, ldap: 389/TCP/UDP and 636/TCP, SMBv3: 445/TCP/UDP | N/A |
ResearchDrive Security Permissions
IT admins that use Campus Active Directory Services (CADS) can create custom AD and/or Manifest security groups in addition to the default security roles. Contact the ResearchDrive Team if you are interested in using custom security groups.
Campus AD Reference Documents
- Campus Active Directory - Requesting an Oranizational Unit (OU)
- Campus Active Directory - Requesting an Organizational Unit (OU) Administrator
- Campus Active Directory - Firewall and Network Information
- Campus Active Directory - Naming Convention
- Campus Active Directory - Join Windows Computer to Active Directory
- Campus Active Directory - Joining Mac OS X 10.7 or later to Campus Active Directory
- Campus Active Directory - Linux Authentication
- Campus Active Directory - Security Group Management Recommendation
- Campus Active Directory - Forest Trusts
- Campus Active Directory - Forest Trust Technical Requirements
- SharedDrive - File Permissions and Security Groups