Mr. Nick Rossow1, Mr. Peter Bugeia2
1Australian Access Federation (AAF), Brisbane, Australia, 2National Imaging Facility (NIF), Sydney, Australia
Biography:
Nick is a result’s driven technologist who loves working in the eResearch sector driving innovation, and the adoption of best practice. Currently a Portfolio Manager for the eResearch team at the Australian Access Federation (AAF) where we are co-designing a common approach to trust and identity for the Australian research sector. He has been supporting the research sector in Australia for the last 15 years, supporting both local and national research projects.
Peter is an eResearch professional, with over twelve years experience providing research computing, research data storage and management solutions to Australian researchers. He has a postgraduate honours degree in computer science, specialising in information systems, and has over 35 years of experience analysing, designing, implementing and managing highly technical business solutions across a range of industries including banking and finance, media, telecommunications, health and medical, government and education.
Peter led the implementation of Macquarie University’s Research Data Repository, and Western Sydney University’s HIEv automated data capture system. During his time at Intersect Australia, Peter managed and refined Intersect’s NCRIS-funded national research cloud computing and research data storage service, leading a number of large-scale research computing migration projects for Intersect members. Peter specialises in providing research data management advice to human researchers.
Abstract:
Australia’s digital platforms are being systematically attacked and our critical national research infrastructure (NRI) requires protection through a system-wide approach to trust and identity.
The Australian Access Federation (AAF) is testing an internationally endorsed Trust and Identity Framework through a series of incubators with select NRI. Through a combination of technology and policy, it will provide them and their users, with secure and seamless access to their services, and allow for a common understanding of how access is managed, users are verified, usage is tracked and reported, and what happens in the event of a cyber-attack.
This presentation will show how the AAF and our incubators are taking a system-wide approach to trust and identity, and how this will improve connectivity across the research infrastructure ecosystem, including:
– How the Trust and Identity Framework will enhance cyber security across the national collaborative research network and power global connectivity.
– How the Trust and Identity Framework will be a key enabler of a more integrated NRI ecosystem, providing seamless access to instrument, data and compute.
We will discuss the progress made in enabling the National Imaging Facility (NIF) to develop a standardised, scalable and interoperable imaging data ecosystem. This presentation is an update on our 2023 eResearch Australasia Conference and will show progress in enabling the NIF user community to connect REDCap and XNAT repositories together under a unified access regime.