These new requirements are being incorporated into the GLBA Safeguards Rule and the majority of the changes will go into effect one year after their publication to the Federal Register which has not yet occurred.
Organizations are being encouraged to assess their current information security programs now and structure the necessary plans to achieve compliance with the amended requirements.
As we shared before, the Safeguards Rule applies to any entity that engages in an activity that is financial in nature, which includes colleges and universities that are issuing and administering FSA funds, student loans, etc. Previous guidance from the U. At this point, it is still unclear if and how the FSA will address the recent changes to the Safeguards Rule. Keep in mind that within the updates to the new Rule, there is now also a built-in Small Business Exception for those institutions with less than 5, customers that allows them to forego adherence to some of the compliance requirements.
The updated Rule is more prescriptive, providing more guidance on how to develop and implement an information security program, whereas the previous Safeguards Rule allowed institutions to exercise discretion by referring to data protection in higher level generalities. Although organizations still have flexibility to design their programs as appropriate to the size and complexity of their institutions and the sensitivity of the customer information, it is these more prescriptive requirements that may have an impact on information security programs that had been previously considered compliant.
This was part of the previous rule, but the amendment includes more detailed requirements and safeguards that must be addressed by the program more details in the bullets following.
Previous requirements were for one or more individuals to oversee the program, not a single person. While this is typically the Chief Information Security Officer if an institution has such a position, the Rule does not dictate that the Qualified Individual reside in that role.
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Role of Sea Otters in Structuring Nearshore Communities Sea otters provide one of the best documented examples of top-down forcing effects on the structure and function of nearshore marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean. The nearshore is considered an important component of the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem, including the region affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, because it provides: A variety of unique habitats for resident organisms e.
Nursery grounds for marine animals from other habitats e. Feeding grounds for important consumers, including killer whales, harbor seals, sea otters, sea lions, sea ducks, shore birds and many fish and shellfish.
A source of animals important to commercial and subsistence harvests e. An important site of recreational activities including fishing, boating, camping, and nature viewing.
A source of primary production for export to adjacent habitats primarily by kelps, other seaweeds, and eelgrass , as well as a recipient for primary phytoplankton and secondary production zooplankton transported from offshore systems.. An important triple interface between air, land and sea that provides linkages for transfer of water, nutrients, and species between watersheds and offshore habitats. Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
September 27, Sea Otter Aerial Survey Data from Northern and Eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska, This dataset consists of three tables related to abundance and distribution of northern sea otters Enhydra lutris kenyoni in northern and eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska, based on data collected during a series of population-wide aerial surveys in June The dataset consists of: 1 sea otter counts along strip transects, 2 sea otter counts in Intensive Search Unit ISU within the tr.
Alaska Science Center. The USGS aerial sea otter surveys have been completed multiple times using consistent methodology involvin. The dataset is a comma separated file exported from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The data consist of information related to collection of sea otter carcasses. Collectors walked selected shorelines searching for signs of carcasses.
Date, location, carcass condition, parts collected, an. Specifically, these data describe sea otter Enhydra lutris aerial survey observations from the waters around Katmai National Park and Preserve from surveys conducted in , , , and Sea otters are a keystone predator, well known for structuring the nearshore marine ecos. The data consists of species identification, counts, and size measurements from intertidal soft-sediment sampling sites.
Observers excavated, identified, and measured invertebrates from soft sediment sites. Below are publications associated with this project. Filter Total Items: June 30, Diffusion modeling reveals effects of multiple release sites and human activity on a recolonizing apex predator BackgroundReintroducing predators is a promising conservation tool to help remedy human-caused ecosystem changes.
However, the growth and spread of a reintroduced population is a spatiotemporal process that is driven by a suite of factors, such as habitat change, human activity, and prey availability. Sea otters Enhydra lutris are apex predators of nearshore marine ecosystems that had declined n. June 16, Translocations maintain genetic diversity and increase connectivity in sea otters, Enhydra lutris Sea otters, Enhydra lutris, were once abundant along the nearshore areas of the North Pacific.
The international maritime fur trade that ended in left 13 small remnant populations with low genetic diversity. Subsequent translocations into previously occupied habitat resulted in several reintroduced populations along the coast of North America. Jul 13, FTC releases agenda for Safeguards Rule virtual workshop.
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