Minisymposium Presentation

Trusted Research Environments (TREs) are secure computing environments suitable for the processing and analysis of special category data. The Standard Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (SATRE) is a UK community driven specification for how TREs, also known as Secure Data Environments or Secure Processing Environments, should be operated. The project followed open-collaboration principles from the very start, holding regular public events through which 60 organisations from across the UK shared their views, ultimately leading to the publication of the SATRE specification in October 2023. Through being driven by the community, and the incorporation of requirements defined by public members, SATRE has gained widespread support across multiple disciplines and stakeholders in the UK. SATRE has also been adopted within the EOSC-ENTRUST federation of TREs. SATRE, therefore, provides a high-level framework within which HPC implementations can comply, reducing the need to design completely bespoke HPC systems for sensitive data research. Applying the specification enables the alignment of HPC with TRE operators’ requirements thereby allowing scaling out of resource within existing governance frameworks. Here, we will describe the SATRE specification, it’s application within the UK ecosystem, and its relevance to HPC resources nationally and internationally.