[CITL] UC Research Data Backup RFP - Survey

[Chuck Forsyth]

Dear Campus IT Leaders,

Please complete the following survey <https://ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1G0aAq2WfRsrDqC> whose purpose is to inform the UC Research Data Backup RFP (see below). This survey will also be going out to all UCR Researchers. That communication and delivery method is being approached carefully to optimize participation and it should go out soon.

We feel it's very important to also get your (CITL's) input on this survey, particularly if you support research in any way. It should only take about 7min. to complete. Please complete this when you can. The Research Data Backup RFP Committee will leave the survey open for a few months but will take a working cut of the results in 2 weeks to begin to inform the RFP process.
See below:


In the aftermath of the 2020 UCSF ransomware attack, the system-wide Cyber-Risk Governance Committee released a report with their “Recommendations to Protect UC’s Digital Research Data.” This report, fully endorsed by UC President Drake, included a recommendation that the system provides a scalable data backup service for all UC researchers.

To that end, a Research Data Backup RFP committee including representatives from the campuses and the medical centers has been assembled to define the scope and scale of the problem, and assess the range of available research data backup solutions. The committee is currently defining in-scope data as any “data used directly in support of UC research,” which can include file-based data, databases, cloud-resident only-copy data, and data up to and including P4 level data. For source, the committee is again thinking broadly and considering in scope any device storing research data that connects to a UC network or the Internet.

You have been asked to complete this survey so that the committee can better understand the range of backup solutions currently in use across the system. It should take you about ten minutes to complete. The questions are focused on active research data; please respond as thoroughly as possible, but don’t stress over the details – ballpark estimates are perfectly acceptable. If you have questions about the research data backup effort or these questions, please contact the RFP committee representative named in the email that directed you to the survey.

Thank you in advance for your responses.

Survey Link:

https://ucsd.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1G0aAq2WfRsrDqC

Regards,


Chuck Forsyth

Associate Director of Research Computing

XSEDE Campus Champion<https://www.xsede.org/community-engagement/campus-champions> / ACM<https://member.acm.org/~charles_forsyth>

Research Computing | Information Technology Solutions

University of California, Riverside

Website<https://its.ucr.edu/research-computing> | Research Computing Slack<https://ucr-research-compute.slack.com/>

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