Roles#

Any project using a TRE at Turing will involve multiple people who will each have one or more of the following roles.

🧑‍🔬 Project team#

The project team that will carry out the research project. They are responsible for carrying out the research inside the TRE in a responsible manner.

🦸 Project superuser#

Any member of the project team who is given superuser powers within the TRE. These will enable them to carry out certain actions, such as installing software, that would otherwise be done by the sysadmin team.

Note

  • Must be a Turing employee

  • Typically an RSE from REG.

🧑‍🏫 Project data manager#

Each project needs a project data manager who is responsible for ensuring that data is handled appropriately inside the TRE. They are responsible for record keeping, ensuring that all actions and decisions relating to the project are recorded in the Sharepoint folder. They support the project team through the data sensitivity evaluation process, making sure that an appropriate sensitivity tier is used for the project. They are also responsible for approving ingress and egress of data or code, following safe data handling processes.

Note

  • Must be a Turing employee

  • Typically a data wrangler from REG

🧑‍⚖ Trusted research lead#

The trusted research lead coordinates the work of the system administrators and data managers.

Note

  • Must be a Turing employee

  • Typically an RSE from REG with experience in sensitive data issues

🧑‍🔧 Trusted research system administrator#

Trusted research system administrators are responsible for managing the secure research environments inside the Turing TRE. They can create or destroy project environments and add or remove users from them. They are also responsible for carrying out ingress or egress of code or data once this has been approved.

Note

  • Must be a Turing employee

  • Typically an RCE from REG

🧑‍💻 Trusted research data manager#

Trusted research data managers are responsible for ensuring that the Turing TRE meets the requirements for external certifications such as DSPT. They should track which users are working on which projects and request that sysadmins update the project access rules appropriately. They should also ensure that user training is up-to-date and suspend access for any users whose training has expired.

Note

  • Must be a Turing employee

  • Typically a data wrangler from REG