LabArchives Blog

LabArchives has been granted GovRAMP Membership, marking an important milestone in our commitment to security and compliance for government and public-sector organizations. Formerly known as StateRAMP, GovRAMP provides a unified, NIST-aligned framework for evaluating cloud security across federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, reinforcing our focus on trusted, compliant research platforms.

Email was never designed to support modern research collaboration—yet sensitive data, protocols, and results are still routinely shared through attachments and long reply-all threads. This approach creates version confusion, security risks, and disconnected conversations that slow research down. LabArchives ELN replaces the email trail with a secure, centralized environment where data, files, and collaboration happen together—keeping research protected, organized, and moving forward.

As federal expectations for securing research data escalate, higher education faces a pivotal shift. CIOs in a recent Internet2 webinar emphasized that institutions unable to meet CMMC requirements risk losing key research opportunities. Their insights highlight the strategic, cultural, and financial steps campuses must take now to stay competitive and compliant.

With over 30 years of experience supporting research, teaching, and enterprise IT, Brian Stengel joins the LabArchives Enterprise Success Team with a mission to help institutions unlock the full value of their research and education workflows. His hands-on work with Electronic Lab Notebooks, data transfer services, and faculty systems gives him unique insight into customer needs and challenges.

LabArchives has once again achieved the ISO 27001:2022 certification, reaffirming our ongoing commitment to safeguarding research data with globally recognized standards for information security management, now strengthened as part of the unified Dotmatics Group certification.

Research leaders face rising demands for efficiency, compliance, and data transparency. The July 2025 Internet2 webinar with UMass Chan Medical School revealed how LabArchives moves beyond the bench to meet these challenges. From streamlining IT infrastructure to advancing FAIR data principles, a unified ELN strategy empowers CIOs, CISOs, CROs, and CFOs to align research, security, and strategy.