CINECA Virtual Platform

Data Access

Human genetic data can contain potentially identifiable information, and is therefore subject to participant consent agreements that require the data to be secured and only made available to authorised persons.

Authentication and authorisation infrastructure (AAI) provides a set of services for user identification, authentication, authorisation and data access control. Therefore, the AAI needs to first authenticate the user to the required level of assurance and then determine if the user is permitted to access the service or data.

CINECA has worked on developing the necessary infrastructure to authenticate researchers and manage their access rights to sensitive data by contributing to the Passports and AAI GA4GH (Global Alliance for Genomics and Health) standards and their promotion and implementation in ELIXIR AAI, LifeScience AAI and EGA.