1. 1 ESSnet workshop Eurostat Vision infrastructure project : SICON - Secured Infrastructure or CONfidential data access and sharing Jean-Marc Museux Eurostat Unit B2 – Methodology and research

2. 2 VIP SICON (1) The overall aim of the project is to develop and establish a pilot of infrastructure, services and documentation for accessing EU confidential datasets held in Eurostat by external partners, mainly NSIs in view of integrating MS and Eurostat processes. Technological and security dimension

3. 3 VIP SICON (2) – project dependencies Main related projects for pilot phase EGR Euro Group Register DASP Decentralised Access for Scientific Purposes Other possible uses Transport Statistics Information System Webservice for SAS based production system (GSAT) Service for EU data validation (Eurostat Editing Building Block, National Account production system) Teleworking in Eurostat

4. 4 VIP SICON (3) – projects constraints Clients requirements - Analysis starts with detailed review of user needs and functional specifications Legal constraints Use of coorporate tools and service at Commission level Outsourcing IT technical expertise and service

5. Commission corporate service Commission SEC ETAT SEC

6. 6 VIP SICON (4) – project status Kick-off meeting in July 2011 Users Need analysis (mainly EGR technical requirements) Proposed model and schema for the secure infrastructure provides January 2012 : first test with EGR April 2012 : test with DASP

7. Proposed Model & Schema for SICON

8. Proposed Model & Schema for SICON PRO & CONS PROS –Mains security needs are satisfied –Use only existing commission software CONS –Triple Identification –No Web services –Opening outgoing channels is not recommended –Maintance costs

9. Change of business process for confidential data access for research

10. 10 NEW BUSINESS PROCESS MS collect and send micro data to Eurostat Eurostat and MS prepare micro data for research use ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Eurostat receive and process request (MS custodians) Eurostat configure researcher environment on secured server MS RDC establishes connection with Eurostat server Researcher performs statistical analysis MS RDC staff check output

11. 11 Issues Projects dependencies (EGR, DASP, …) Dependence on local infrastructure Coupling technology and business development through pilot Information infrastructure still to be improved (-> role research projects DWB Extension toward distributed architecture (the vision)