Regulated Research Enclave and Virtual Desktop

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The Regulated Research Enclave (RRE) at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a virtual environment for processing federally-regulated research information such as Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR)/Export Administration Regulated (EAR) controlled research.

About This Offering

Features and Benefits

  • Compliant with University policy RP-20, NIST SP 800-171 R2 and aims to have a C3PAO CMMC L2 Certification by August
  • Supports contracts with compliance requirements
  • Hosted on a Microsoft 365 GCC High platform managed by the  Regulated Research team within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
  • Access to the full Microsoft Office 365 suite, including an @regulated.illinois.edu email address
  • Provides a secure environment for processing regulated information, through a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment
    • Configured with the latest Microsoft Windows operating system in the Azure Virtual Desktop environment
    • Security baselines, patches, and software packages are managed in Microsoft Intune by Endpoint Services (EPS)
    • Some administrative functions are delegated to unit or college IT Professionals via Intune

Other Names

Secure VDI | Secure Research Enclave | RRE | Azure Enclave | CUI Enclave 

Provider

Technology Services

Using This Offering

Who can use this offering?

Researchers and research staff who need to process CUI or export-controlled data

How do I request this offering?

https://go.illinois.edu/RRE-VDI-Request or click the VDI Environment button on the right side of this page

Is there a charge to use this offering?

Yes; Azure Virtual Desktop charges are passed along to the provided CFOP. Description of charges available at https://go.illinois.edu/RRE-Costs

Where can I learn more?

https://go.illinois.edu/RRE-KB

Support

How do I get help?

  • For general service requests, complete the form at https://go.illinois.edu/RRE-Service-Request or click the Service button on the right side of this page.
  • For outages or other incidents, click the Incident button on the right side of this page.
  • To request consideration of a specific software package or custom security policy, click the Software/Policy button on the right side of this page.
  • Change requests (internal to OCIO/Technology Services) can be submitted using the Change Form button on the right side of this page.

When is support available?

University Business Hours

Is training available?

No