A secure computing environment for transforming, securing, and transmitting personal information, comprising: a processor; and a memory device including instructions operable to be executed by the processor to perform a set of actions, and configuring the processor to: receive sanitized, first hashed personal information values and corresponding clear text data from data contributor computing environments being in communication with the secure computing environment; transform the sanitized, first hashed personal information values into second hashed personal information values; link, using unique IDs, the second hashed personal information values to further second hashed data values previously stored in an identity vault (120, 228), wherein each of the unique IDs is associated with one of the previously stored second hashed data values; generate a data dictionary in response to receiving research project parameters, the data dictionary including the clear text data from multiple data storages, wherein each of the data contributor computing environments includes one of the multiple data storages that house the clear text data, at least some of the clear text data being associated by the unique IDs; apply compliance and statistical rules to the data dictionary clear text data; store the data dictionary as a certified view when the data dictionary clear text data is determined compliant with the compliance and statistical rules; and provide restricted access to the data dictionary clear text data via secure virtual desktop interfaces. a processor; and a memory device including instructions operable to be executed by the processor to perform a set of actions, and configuring the processor to: receive sanitized, first hashed personal information values and corresponding clear text data from data contributor computing environments being in communication with the secure computing environment; transform the sanitized, first hashed personal information values into second hashed personal information values; link, using unique IDs, the second hashed personal information values to further second hashed data values previously stored in an identity vault (120, 228), wherein each of the unique IDs is associated with one of the previously stored second hashed data values; generate a data dictionary in response to receiving research project parameters, the data dictionary including the clear text data from multiple data storages, wherein each of the data contributor computing environments includes one of the multiple data storages that house the clear text data, at least some of the clear text data being associated by the unique IDs; apply compliance and statistical rules to the data dictionary clear text data; store the data dictionary as a certified view when the data dictionary clear text data is determined compliant with the compliance and statistical rules; and provide restricted access to the data dictionary clear text data via secure virtual desktop interfaces. receive sanitized, first hashed personal information values and corresponding clear text data from data contributor computing environments being in communication with the secure computing environment; transform the sanitized, first hashed personal information values into second hashed personal information values; link, using unique IDs, the second hashed personal information values to further second hashed data values previously stored in an identity vault (120, 228), wherein each of the unique IDs is associated with one of the previously stored second hashed data values; generate a data dictionary in response to receiving research project parameters, the data dictionary including the clear text data from multiple data storages, wherein each of the data contributor computing environments includes one of the multiple data storages that house the clear text data, at least some of the clear text data being associated by the unique IDs; apply compliance and statistical rules to the data dictionary clear text data; store the data dictionary as a certified view when the data dictionary clear text data is determined compliant with the compliance and statistical rules; and provide restricted access to the data dictionary clear text data via secure virtual desktop interfaces.