As the number of cloud platforms supporting scientific research grows, there is an increasing need to support interoperability between two or more cloud platforms, as a growing amount of data is being hosted in cloud-based platforms. A well accepted core concept is to make data in cloud platforms Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). We introduce a companion concept that applies to cloud-based computing environments that we call a Secure and Authorized FAIR Environment (SAFE). SAFE environments require data and platform governance structures and are designed to support the interoperability of sensitive or controlled access data, such as biomedical data. A SAFE environment is a cloud platform that has been approved through a defined data and platform governance process as authorized to hold data from another cloud platform and exposes appropriate APIs for the two platforms to interoperate.

翻译：随着支持科学研究的云平台数量不断增长，越来越多数据托管于云平台，对两个及以上云平台间互操作性的需求日益迫切。一个被广泛接受的核心概念是使云平台中的数据可发现、可访问、可互操作、可重用（FAIR）。我们提出一个应用于云计算环境的配套概念——安全授权FAIR环境（SAFE）。SAFE环境需要数据与平台治理结构，专为支持敏感或受控访问数据（如生物医学数据）的互操作性而设计。SAFE环境是一种云平台，其已通过既定数据与平台治理流程的审批，被授权托管来自其他云平台的数据，并开放适当应用程序编程接口以实现两平台间的互操作。