# Overview

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## Background and concepts

[What is the Data Safe Haven?](what_is_dsh.md)
: Basic explanation of what the Data Safe Haven is about.

[Why use the Data Safe Haven?](why_use_dsh.md)
: Reasons why you might want to consider using the Data Safe Haven.

[Sensitivity tiers](sensitivity_tiers.md)
: Details of the five sensitivity tiers that projects are classified into.

[Before using the Data Safe Haven](using_dsh.md)
: Important considerations for using the Data Safe Haven to enable secure research.

## Further resources

[One-page poster](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11815224)
: Poster with an overview of our data classification approach, security measures, data management and technical architecture. This is the best one-page high-level overview of our systems and process.

[Overview presentation](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11923644)
: Slides from a recent presentation about the Data Safe Haven giving a more in-depth overview.

[Video demo](https://youtu.be/uAGhnAnxtvo)
: An extended version of our overview presentation plus a demonstration of how to use the secure environment as a research and an example of data classification.

[Design choices](https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08737)
: Our preprint "_Design choices for productive, secure, data-intensive research at scale in the cloud_", outlining our policies, processes and design decisions for the Safe Haven.