United States Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Research Data Security & Privacy

The VA is committed to protecting information about our veterans and employees. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) is dedicated to upholding all VA standards on cyber security and privacy. All VA staff involved in research must be familiar with, and comply with, all requirements for protecting VA research subjects' privacy, and VA research data security and confidentiality.

Updated Data Security Training (Released 1-15-08) - Information Security 201 for Research and Development Personnel

Training on VA Research Data Security & Privacy

ORD Presentation at 2007 InfoSec Conference [1.8 MB PowerPoint Slides]


Memoranda, Directives & Policies

Important requirements relating to: Cyber Security, Privacy & Confidentiality, and Human Subjects Protection




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