Secure Technologies for Aggie Researchers (STAR) provides a collection of new, cloud-based resources that facilitate both rapid access and simplified procurement for researchers working with controlled, confidential or restricted data.

Service Features Include:

  • Rapid access to cloud services.
  • Expedited time to research.
  • Robust security for controlled, confidential or restricted data.
  • Pay-as-you-go and self-service plans available.

For more information, visit the STAR website.

FAQs

How STAR is different than AWS?

Secure Technologies for Aggie Researchers (STAR) is a collection of new, cloud-based resources that uses Amazon Web Services. The platform is primarily intended for use by researchers working with regulated data, whether the data is controlled, confidential or restricted.

STAR meets compliance requirements for HIPAA, FERPA and NIST regulated data by offering preconfigured Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Block Store (EBS), Elastic File System (EFS) and Glacier (long-term file storage) services for research at both Texas A&M University and Texas A&M Health.