OnSite@Home Remote Access at Statistics Netherlands

1. OnSite@HomeRemote Access at Statistics Netherlands Anco Hundepool and Peter-Paul de Wolf

2. Contents • Introduction • OnSite@Home facility • Functional • Technical • First experiences of pilot • Conclusions and remarks

3. 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 Introduction • Detailed microdata: only on-site (i.e., at SN) • controlled safe settings • special offices needed

4. OnSite@Home facility • Goals: • Comparable with on-site concerning confidentiality • Reducing disadvantages • 24/7 availability

5. Functional aspects • Only authorised users allowed • Only selected research institutes • Only under contract • Traditional on-site: • users can not enter nor leave SN unaccompanied • OnSite@Home: • Biometric identification • PKI Certificates • Username + Password

6. Functional aspects • (Micro) data stay at SN • Traditional on-site: • Network separate from production • No internet • No local printers • No floppy, USB, … • OnSite@Home: • Network separate from production • Citrix connection

7. Functional aspects • Checking output • Traditional on-site: • Desired output checked by SN staff • OnSite@Home: • Desired output checked by SN staff

8. Technical aspects

9. Technical aspects

10. First experiences of pilot • Pilot: • University of Tilburg • 2 workstations (Windows PC’s) • 6 users • Experiences: • Positive, no real problems • Performance like own desktop PC

11. 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 MUC’s as well?