Below is a selection of tools, initiatives and communities that create secure computation environments (in alphabetical order). This can be especially useful when collaborating with other organizations.
| Name | Description | Supplier | Type | More info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborative Informatics and Neuroimaging Suite Toolkit for Anonymous Computation (COINSTAC) | Federated learning with differential privacy | Center for Translational Research in Neuroimaging and Data Science | open source software | Documentation, Releases, Paper, Installation instructions |
| DataSHIELD | Software for the federated analysis of biomedical, healthcare and social science data | DataSHIELD | open source software (R libraries) | Tutorials, wiki |
| Data safe haven | Open source infrastructure-as-code tools and framework for creating secure environments to analyse sensitive data | The Alan Turing Institute | infrastructure-as-code | Documentation |
| Microdata CBS | Environment for the analysis of CBS microdata | Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands | service | Microdata catalogue |
| OpenMined | Remote data science community, with experts, software libraries and educational materials | OpenMined | community | Community on slack, courses, OpenMined on GitHub |
| Secure ANalysis Environment (SANE) | Virtual container for the analysis of sensitive data, either in a Trusted Research Environment (Tinker), or a fully closed-off environment (Blind). Expected to go into production in 2024 | SURF | service | Predecessor, open source prototype |
| Vantage6 | Software for federated analysis, also used in Health-RI’s Personal Health Train | Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland | open source software (Python) | Documentation |