The NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) program held its Fall workshop in late September 2025. This cross-NIH partnership aims to develop and implement standards to facilitate data analysis across NIH repositories and cloud-based platforms. The CRDC has been part of the NCPI since its inception.

One of NCPI’s main initiatives is the development of a single NIH secure sign-on, designed to simplify access to all NIH data. Another primary focus is establishing consistent security standards for controlled-access datasets containing sensitive, personally identifiable information (PII).

Tanja Davidsen, PhD, Chief of the Data Ecosystems Branch leading the development of the CRDC, highlighted ongoing progress towards these goals during a panel discussion.  As she said, “The Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) has devoted a great deal of work to building a robust, secure data environment, and is working across NCI divisions, offices, and centers to host and share their controlled-access data. The CRDC’s work continues to guide broader data-sharing and security efforts across the NCI and NIH.”  

Learn more about the NCPI. 

Learn more about the Data Ecosystems Branch, one of the three branches within the Informatics and Data Science Program (IDS) at the NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT).