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The Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) operates a Protected Environment (PE) for researchers who work with data that is sensitive in nature.
These resources have been reviewed and vetted by the university's security and compliance offices as an appropriate place to work with HIPAA-protected data, such as Protected Health Information (PHI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII). If you have data with other compliance requirements, please let us know at helpdesk@chpc.utah.edu well in advance so that we may ensure that the CHPC can meet the needs of your project.
If you would like to learn more about the PE, please check the Protected Environment Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page. Contact us if you have any additional questions or concerns.
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If you decide to work with protected or regulated data outside of the CHPC's designated Protected Environment, please know that you'll need to investigate any required agreements that must be in place in accordance with HIPAA regulations prior to creating, processing, maintaining, or transmitting ePHI/PII (Protected Health Information or Personally Identifiable Information). This may include a Business Associate Agreement or a valid Institutional Review Board (IRB) project or other agreement, as appropriate. More information is available from the Privacy Office and Institutional Review Board. A list of existing BAAs with the University of Utah, accessible to those allowed by role-based security, can be found online. |
Resources in the Protected Environment
The CHPC Protected Environment consists of
- An HPC cluster (redwood)
- An Open OnDemand interface to the HPC cluster (https://pe-ondemand.chpc.utah.edu)
- Interactive nodes (bristlecone)
- A Windows server (narwhal)
- A Virtual Machine (VM) farm (prismatic/prismatic2)
- Storage
Starting a new project in the Protected Environment
If you would like to start a new project in the Protected Environment (PE), please see our documentation on PE projects and submit a new project request.
Start a new project or learn more about projects
Gaining access to the Protected Environment or to a project in the Protected Environment
If you are requesting access to an existing project in the Protected Environment (PE), please see our instructions for gaining access to a project in the PE.
| If you don't already have a PE account, an account will be created for you when you accept your invitation to join a PE project. If you already have a PE account, your existing account will be added to the project. |
Connecting to the Protected Environment
If you have a PE account and need to connect to resources within the PE, please see our documentation on options for connecting.