SIF (Sensitive Information Facility) is AU's digital solution for secure, effective, and responsible storage of sensitive research data, including research data that contains personal data.
SIF must only be used in accordance with the system's guidelines, that define the general minimal framework at AU for the handling of sensitive research data in SIF. The guidelines have been implemented and supplemented at each faculty, to best reflect local research practice. Contact your local coordinator below to access the local guidelines for SIF.
Link to the general minimal framework: link.
SIF has an anchor point at each faculty, that among others offers data management support and access to the mandatory SIF user course. You must complete the course before using SIF.
Contact your local coordinator for further information:
All queries please contact CHC Services and Support via ticket at https://chc.au.dk/.
NAT: dm.support@nat.au.dk
TECH: askOS.tech@au.dk
Download the SIF manual here: link.
We regularly update the manual, so comments and corrections are very welcome.
If you encounter system errors or functions in SIF that do not operate as described, we would very much like to hear from you.
To ensure that our support is as effective as possible, please include information about your operating system and browser in your query. You can check which operating system and browser you're using at www.whatismybrowser.com or detectmybrowser.com. Screen shots are particularly useful in this context too, because they let us see exactly what you're seeing.
Contact us via sif-info.it@au.dk.
SIF can be used to store sensitive research data.
In other words, you can store your research data in SIF if any of the following apply to them:
If these points do not apply to your research data, we recommend storing them in ERDA instead of SIF.
For help with 2-factor authentication and mouting, contact your local IT-support
For help with specific system errors, contact the SIF systems administration: