# Presentation: 146257

## National Data Security Policy for Space-BasedEarth Remote Sensing SystemsBackground Information for the Draft of an Act toSafeguard the Security Interests of the Federal Republic of Germany from Endangerment by the Distribution of High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing Data. “Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz” - SatDSiG

## Activities to Perpare the Draft Act (SatDSiG-E)

- activities to set up a National Data Security Policy started end 2003
- close cooperation with many relevant ministries, including:
-     AA, Foreign Office;
-     BMI, Federal Ministry of the Interior;
-     BMVg, Ministry of Defence;
-     BKAmt, Federal Chancellery;
- relevant agencies:
-     BND, Federal Secret Service;
-     BKA, Federal Criminal Police Office;
-     BSI, German Information Security Agency;
-     BGeoBw, Geo-Information Office of Germany's Federal Armed Forces;
- federal commissioners
- and in consultation with Industry and international partners (USA, Canada)

## Status of the Draft Act (SatDSiG-E)

- 24. Jan. 2007:**	****Cabinet Decision**
- 09. March 2007:**	****Bundesrat **(upper house)
- 24. April 2007:**	****first Bundestag Committee Meeting**
- 10. Sept. 2007:**	****Public Hearing**
- 19. Sept. 2007:**	****Bundestag Committee**
- 20. Sept. 2007:**	****Bundestag **(2nd and 3rd reading)
**	****	****	****Bundesrat**
**	****	****	****Signature and Publication**

- Bundestagsdrucksache 16/4763_[http://](http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/16/047/1604763.pdf)__[dip.bundestag.de](http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/16/047/1604763.pdf)__[/](http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/16/047/1604763.pdf)__[btd](http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/16/047/1604763.pdf)__[/](http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/16/047/1604763.pdf)_
- _[  16/047/1604763.pdf](http://dip.bundestag.de/btd/16/047/1604763.pdf)_

## Slide 4

## Draft Act, Area of Application is limited to

- 	**German satellites, satellites operated by German citizens**
**	****non-military satellites**
**	****“****High-Grade” earth remote sensing systems****	**- High Grade derives from the system’s capacity for acquiring data	  of particularly high information content**	**
**	****First-Time or primary marketing/dissemination****      **the Draft Act consequently pertains to primary data distributors       but generally NOT to           - remote sensing service providers, value-adding firms or           - data resellers       there might be indirect effects to downstream customers

## Central Elements of the Draft Act (SatDSiG-E)

- central Part of the Draft Act is a clearly defined andtransparent **procedure for distributing**
**licensing requirements** and **obligations**- satellite operators- data distributors
- regulations under company law concerning operators(acquisition of firms and stakes in firms or corporate takeovers)

## Distribution of Data from High-Grade Satellites

**two-layered approach **for first-time/primary distribution:
**sensitivity review**- to be performed on a case-by-case basis for any transaction- to be performed by and in the full responsibility of the data distributor- predefined procedures and criteria without any power of discretion- requirement to document and record any transaction for possible official audit/inspection in case the transaction is “not sensitive”, the distributor is free to deliver the data in case the transaction is “sensitive”, a permit is required
**permission/refusal by governmental authority**(BAFA, Federal Office of Economics and Export Control)** **- only for sensitive transactions- decision is based on (probably classified) criteria and internal procedures

## Slide 8

## Criteria Examined during the Sensitivity Review, §17

- Sensitivity review concerns the customer request and the meta data of the
- individual data set (never the data set itself)
**information content of the individual data product**- operation mode of the sensor- processing (specification of the data product)
**target area surveyed by the data product**
**time lag between data acquisition and supply to the customer,****time of the data acquisition**
**ground segments to which the data ate to be transmitted**
**Customer**

## Part 1	Area of Application
Part 2	Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System
Part 3	Distribution of Data	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data 
Part 4	Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG
Part 5 	Implementation Provisions
Part 6 	Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions
Part 7	Transitional and final Provisions

- Part 2	**Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System**
- Part 3	**Distribution of Data**	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data
- Part 4	**Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG**
- Part 5 	**Implementation Provisions**
- Part 6 	**Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions**
- Part 7	**Transitional and final Provisions**

**Structure of the Draft Act**

## Part 1	Area of Application
Part 2	Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System
Part 3	Distribution of Data	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data 
Part 4	Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG
Part 5 	Implementation Provisions
Part 6 	Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions
Part 7	Transitional and final Provisions

- Part 1	**Area of Application**
- Part 2	**Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System**
- Part 3	**Distribution of Data**	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data
- Part 4	**Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG**
- Part 5 	**Implementation Provisions**
- Part 6 	**Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions**
- Part 7	**Transitional and final Provisions**

**Structure of the Draft Act**

**§1 Area of application**
**§2 Definition of Terms****           **Operator (“Betreiber”)           Data           Data Distributor (“Datenanbieter”)           Sensor           Distribution (“Verbreiten”)
-            High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing Systems                   derived from the respective	system's capacity for acquiring data of particularly	high information content

## Part 1	Area of Application
Part 2	Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System
Part 3	Distribution of Data	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data 
Part 4	Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG
Part 5 	Implementation Provisions
Part 6 	Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions
Part 7	Transitional and final Provisions

- Part 1	**Area of Application**
- Part 2	**Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System**
- Part 3	**Distribution of Data**	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data
- Part 4	**Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG**
- Part 5 	**Implementation Provisions**
- Part 6 	**Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions**
- Part 7	**Transitional and final Provisions**

**Structure of the Draft Act**

**  ****Part 2 Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System**
-   § 3     Licenses
-   § 4     License requirements
-   § 5     Documentation requirements
-   § 6     Obligation to notify
-   § 7     Information requirements
-   § 8     Right of access and inspection
-   § 9     Possible measures by responsible government agency
-   § 10   Acquisition of firms and stakes in firms; corporate takeovers
**	**
**  ****Part 3 Distribution of Data  **
**       ****Chapter 1 General Provisions**
-   § 11    Licenses
-   § 12    License requirements
-   § 13    Obligation to notify
-   § 14    Information requirements
-   § 15    Right of access and inspection
-   § 16    Possible measures by responsible government agency

## Part 1	Area of Application
Part 2	Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System
Part 3	Distribution of Data	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data 
Part 4	Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG
Part 5 	Implementation Provisions
Part 6 	Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions
Part 7	Transitional and final Provisions

- Part 1	**Area of Application**
- Part 2	**Operation of a High-Grade Earth Remote Sensing System**
- Part 3	**Distribution of Data**	Chapter 1: General Provisions	Chapter 2: Procedure for Distributing Data
- Part 4	**Priority Treatment of Data Requests submitted by FRG**
- Part 5 	**Implementation Provisions**
- Part 6 	**Provisions for Administrative Fines, Criminal Provisions**
- Part 7	**Transitional and final Provisions**

**Structure of the Draft Act**

**  ****Part 3 Distribution of Data**
**       ****Chapter 2 Procedure for Distributing Data**
-   § 17    Sensitivity Review
-   § 18    Documentation Requirements
-   § 19    Permits
-   § 20    Blanket Permits

## Status and Next Steps

**interim Regulation has been set up in July**required because of TerraSAR-X launchImplementation via contracts between   - DLR with BMWi   - Infoterra with BMWi
**the Final Act is planned to become effective in December 2007**