Information security

The Research Council takes active steps to safeguard information security in connection with application, project and evaluation data including project and personal identification. Information security management measures being implemented include the following:

• Encryption of all communication from users logged on to the system (grant applicants, those submitting reports, expert referees, etc.). 
• All transactions within the Research Council's electronic administration system are traceable and can be tracked to identifiable users. 
• Implementation of the "need to know" principle: only those individuals who are directly involved in some aspect of the application processing have access to the content of grant applications. 
• E-mail messages sent from the Research Council are not to contain sensitive data. 
• In cases where the applicant and the Research Council agree that a research project must be treated confidentially, only limited information about the project will be published on the RCN website. 
• All RCN employees have signed a declaration of confidentiality.

Questions relating to information security management may be sent to the Research Council's IT Department: post@forskningsradet.no.