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How to get access to SD Desktop with a Findata permit

Instructions in Finnish (PDF)

Use case

You need to access SD Desktop. You have a permit from Findata.

Solution

  1. Create a CSC account
  2. Create new CSC project
  3. Fill GDPR document
  4. Contact CSC service desk
  5. CSC adds members to your project, please wait
  6. CSC activates SD Desktop for your project, please wait
  7. Activate MFA
  8. CSC project is ready

1. Create a CSC account

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  • Go to MyCSC portal

  • Log in with Haka. Select your home organization and log in to their identity service. How to get an account without Haka.

  • Fill in your information on the Sign up page.

  • Set your password using 12 characters or more, containing both upper and lowercase letters and at least one number. No special characters are allowed.
  • You will receive your CSC user account confirmation via email.

2. Create new CSC project

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  • Go to ”Projects” page (left side menu or a hamburger menu at the top right corner).
  • On the top of the page choose ”New project”.
  • Fill in the project name and project description. You can edit these later if needed.
  • Choose the Project category to be “Findata”.
  • Fill all required fields. Read and accept the terms of use.
  • Click “Create a project”.

Create a new project.

3. Fill GDPR document

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  • Since your project handles personal data, you need to fill the GDPR document i.e. Description of processing activity -form.
  • The document appears when you create a new project. You can edit this document later.
  • Your home organization is the data controller. Read more about the roles and GDPR.

Description of Processing Activity

4. Contact CSC service desk

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  • Send email to sensitivedata-support@csc.fi, subject: Sensitive Data, Secondary use.
  • Write your project number to the email (e.g. project_1234567).
  • Attach a copy of your data permit to the email.
  • Write down a list of your research teams' email addresses. Please use same emails that they created the CSC-account with.
  • Put your research team as cc.

5. CSC adds members to your project

  • Please wait that Sensitive Data Support -team adds your research team to your project
  • Note! All team members must have a CSC-account, so they can become project members.

6. CSC activates SD Desktop -service for your project

  • Please wait that Sensitive Data Support -team activates SD Desktop -service for your project.
  • You will receive an email notification, when everything is ready.

7. Activate MFA

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  • You need to activate MFA (multi-factor authentication) to be able to log in to the Sensitive Data services. More about multi-factor authentication. If your multi-factor authentication is already enabled, you can move to step 9.
  • Before activating MFA you need to have some authentication application on your mobile phone, for example Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator.
  • Click Enable MFA in Project notifications window in top right corner or go to the Profile page (Left side menu or top right hamburger menu).
  • Enable Multi-Factor Authentication by clicking “Activate”.
  • This will create a QR code which you can read with your authentication application (for example Google Authenticator).
  • Your authentication application will provide a verification code which you can now write to MyCSC “Verification code” field and click “Verify”.

Multi-Factor Authentication.

8. Your CSC project is ready!

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  • Write down your project number, you might need it later (e.g. project_1234567).
  • Now you can log out from MyCSC and login to SD Desktop.