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Short answer: In general, data cannot be stored on the Storrs HPC if it contains any of the following:

• personal identifiable information (e.g., SSN, Passport Number, Drivers License Number, D.OB.)

• credit card and/or banking information (e.g., account numbers)

• university records for individual students (e.g., grades)

• personal health information / HIPAA-protected data (with few exceptions)

• data for which the data owner has specified data protection requirements that are not compatible with the Storrs HPC environment

• data protected by UConn’s Export Control Policy (e.g., DoD-related, requires a security clearance)

Long Answer: The Storrs HPC cluster cannot be used to generate or store data that is considered Sensitive University Data or covered by the university's Export Control Policy; for more info, see UConn’s Data Classification Policy. The documents linked in the previous sentence provide more detail about each of those classifications.

Data which may have been been classified as confidential or sensitive may be eligible for storage on Storrs HPC if the data has been de-identified sufficiently that the data classification no longer applies. Any de/re-identification key (if one was used) cannot be transmitted or stored with the data within the HPC environment.

All data that is stored on the cluster is subject to these restrictions, and data that is not in compliance may be removed. If you have read the above documents and you’re still not sure how your data would be classified, please send an email to security@uconn.edu.