Trusted Research Environment (TRE)

A TRE is a secure, cloud-based environment designed for data analysis and facilitating collaboration among researchers. ISO 27001 certification for ICT includes the TRE for the storage and processing of personally identifiable data, personal medical data, and commercially sensitive data.

Hosted location: UK data centre regions only
Contact: General Enquiry Form

Facilities offered:

  • Supported by ICT.
  • Workspaces scale to the requirements from a single researcher to multiple researchers.
  • TRE user roles are modelled to user tasks and information governance requirements.
  • The Airlock feature prevents unauthorised data imports and exports with workspaces. The Airlock provides a manual approval process to help monitor and track data transfers.
  • Cost reporting is available to help projects budget use of TRE resources.
  • Windows or Linux virtual machines (VMs) hosted in a secure workspace allocated to the group.
  • VMs hosted in the cloud are accessed using a web browser.

Frequently asked questions

How can I request a TRE workspace for my research project?

Please complete the ASK TRE Provisioning Initiation Request form.

How do I report a TRE issue?

Please complete the TRE issue report form.

Nothing is broken, how do I make a general enquiry about the TRE?

Please complete the General enquiry form.

How can an external collaborator work with the TRE?

Please request access for honorary and visiting associations.

How can I import or export data with the TRE?

Please use the General Enquiry form to raise an data ingress or egress request.

How can I archive my research output now that I have finished using the TRE?

Symplectic is Imperial's research information system.

Academics confirm authorship of publications and can maintain their research profile. They upload their publications' full text into Symplectic for transfer to Spiral and review by the Library’s Open Access team.