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Security

This wiki section describes the basic security measures that should be/are in place at Leiden Observatory and LION Physics Institute. As both institutes are part of the Leiden University the full University Security Policy is applicable.

Security level

Availability, Integrity and Trust liability

There are several levels of these security elements in terms of services and data. We denote the following:

ServiceAvailabilityIntegrityTrust liabilityDetails
Mail High High High Mail
Home directory High High High Home directory
Web Medium High High Web
Remote access Medium High High Remote Access
Scientific computing Medium High HighScientific computing
Data Medium High High Data

Security Baseline

For your information this sections describes the actions taken to provide the necessary security measures to ensure save and reliable operations with your and our data.

GDPR in research

The University ash you as a scientist have to work conform the GDPR requirements in place since march 25, 2018. There is a Univeristy webstack that gives you guidelines when you are dealing with personal data. Fortunately Astronomy does not deal with personal data, but it is wise to consider each aspect of your scientific work and it's relation to GDPR.

This page gives you links to aspects of and tools which may concern GDPR issues.

For questions or more information, please contact our GDPR officer: Erik Deul