OnSite@Home Remote Access at Statistics Netherlands

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OnSite_at_HomeRemote Access at Statistics
Netherlands

• Anco Hundepool and Peter-Paul de Wolf

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Contents

• Introduction
• OnSite_at_Home facility
• Functional
• Technical
• First experiences of pilot
• Conclusions and remarks

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Introduction
Detailed microdata only on-site (i.e., at SN)

• Advantages
• detailed microdata
• ability to play around with the data, without
  confidentiality checks until final output

• Disadvantages
• only at premises SN
• no direct contact with colleagues
• only working hours

• controlled safe settings

• special offices needed

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OnSite_at_Home facility

• Goals
• Comparable with on-site concerning
  confidentiality
• Reducing disadvantages
• 24/7 availability

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Functional aspects
Only authorised users allowed

• Only selected research institutes
• Only under contract

• OnSite_at_Home
• Biometric identification
• PKI Certificates
• Username Password

• Traditional on-site
• users can not enter nor leave SN unaccompanied

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Functional aspects
(Micro) data stay at SN

• Traditional on-site
• Network separate from production
• No internet
• No local printers
• No floppy, USB,

• OnSite_at_Home
• Network separate from production
• Citrix connection

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Functional aspects
Checking output
Traditional on-site Desired output checked by SN
staff
OnSite_at_Home Desired output checked by SN staff
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Technical aspects
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Technical aspects
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First experiences of pilot

• Pilot
• University of Tilburg
• 2 workstations (Windows PCs)
• 6 users
• Experiences
• Positive, no real problems
• Performance like own desktop PC

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Conclusions and remarks

• Promising counterpart of traditional on-site
• Confidentiality issues under control
• Check of output labour intensive but needed
• Can be used to provide access to MUCs as well?