VISU is an audited and secure computing environment for research and development projects involving sensitive, confidential or restricted data. The environment meets the requirements defined by Findata and the Finnish Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data (552/2019). As a user, you can order a Windows or a Linux environment.
For questions related to VISU, you can contact the VISU support team at visu-support@oulu.fi
Who Is VISU Intended For?
VISU is designed for projects where data protection is a key requirement. The environment can be used for, for example:
- research involving health and social care registry data
- research projects containing personal data
- educational and social science research
- projects involving confidential or restricted information
- teaching and courses involving the handling of sensitive data
Getting Started
To use the VISU user environment, a few basic requirements must be met:
- You must have an affiliation with the University of Oulu, for example as an employee, researcher, doctoral researcher, or student.
- You must have a valid univ or ufo account issued by the University of Oulu.
- The use of remote access requires either access to the University of Oulu internal network or an active University of Oulu VPN connection.
- Your account will be used to access the VISU service request forms
- Your service request must be submitted and approved.
- It is recommended that each project has a designated responsible person who oversees the environment order process and acts as the primary contact with the VISU administration team.
- Please identify your project’s software requirements, computing capacity needs, and storage requirements well in advance.
More Than an Environment for Registry-Based Research
VISU is suitable for the secure processing of a wide range of research and development data. It is designed to meet demanding information security requirements, whether the data consists of personal information, research datasets, trade secrets or other protected information.
Coming to the University of Oulu
VISU service will be introduced at the University of Oulu during the last quarter of 2026.
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