Federated Analytics
Analytics across systems where data can never leave home.
SAFE addresses a fundamentally different problem than Agnes. Agnes moves data between systems with consent. SAFE enables analytics across systems where the data can never move at all. Instead of moving data to computation, SAFE moves computation to data. Federated compute pods sit at each participating agency. Users issue approved analytical queries that run locally at each site, returning only authorized aggregate results.
Coming SoonHow it works
Federated compute pods are installed at each participating agency
A policy and permissions engine controls allowable analyses
Users issue queries through a secure interface with modular analytic templates
Queries execute locally at each site
Only authorized aggregate results are returned
Full audit logs ensure reproducibility and accountability
Security
Data security and privacy are maintained using homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs.
Primary users
SAFE and Agnes
They are complementary. Agnes is for contexts where data exchange is consented and appropriate. SAFE is for contexts where data must never leave its home but cross-agency insights are still needed. A city health department might use Agnes to coordinate care for an individual patient (with consent) and SAFE to analyze population-level patterns across agencies (without moving any individual record).