[R] security using R at work

[Fritsch, Katharina (NNL)]

Hiya,
I work in a very security conscious organisation and we happily use R. The average user can only use R via RStudio Server, with a limited number of packages available, so that adds an additional level of control.
That said, are you sure that the sentence 'a few people on a mailing list said it would be alright' is going to convince your IT department of the harmlessness of R?
Cheers,
Katharina.

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From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces using r-project.org] On Behalf Of Laurence Clark
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Subject: [R] security using R at work

Hello all,

I want to download R and use it for work purposes. I hope to use it to analyse very sensitive data from our clients.

My question is:

If I install R on my work network computer, will the data ever leave our network? I need to know if the data goes anywhere other than our network, because this could compromise it's security. Is there is any chance the data could go to a server owned by 'R' or anything else that's not immediately obvious, but constitutes the data leaving our network?

Thank you

Laurence


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