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

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