[Dailydave] Politico

Dave Aitel dave.aitel at gmail.com
Mon Nov 30 08:43:09 EST 2015


Just a quick reminder that Politico has done a great job working this very
important issue. The NYT ("The paper of record") has done a terrible job,
with one wishy-washy and uninformed article so far.
To put the following snippet into context: The one remaining player that
wants the cyber "intrusion and penetration testing software" regulations
"as-is" is the State Department, which is the team that messed this up in
the first place by agreeing to pseudo-technical definitions and failing to
think through the consequences of the text.

Anyways, the last thing the State Department wants is Congress lifting the
rug and looking at the process that happened here.

What I like to point out is HOW FAR WE'VE COME. It's been a concerted
effort from a lot of different people that helped avoid a calamitous and
seemingly inevitable ending here...

-dave


Export controls come to the Hill

By Tim Starks <http://www.politico.com/staff/tim-starks>

11/24/15 10:00 AM EST


*Read
more: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-cybersecurity/2015/11/export-controls-come-to-the-hill-clintons-internet-freedom-agenda-in-retrospect-thats-not-isils-manual-211441#ixzz3syvecHS1
<http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-cybersecurity/2015/11/export-controls-come-to-the-hill-clintons-internet-freedom-agenda-in-retrospect-thats-not-isils-manual-211441#ixzz3syvecHS1>With
help from Joseph Marks and David Perera*

*HILL TURNS TO EXPORT LIMITS — *Congress is increasingly focusing attention
on the Obama administration’s enforcement of export controls on
cybersecurity products as required by the 41-nation Wassenaar Arrangement.
At least two House committees are contemplating hearings on the subject
amid widespread industry unease with proposed restrictions. A congressional
aide told MC the House Homeland Security Committee plans a Wassenaar
hearing in early 2016. It’s unclear whether it’ll be a subcommittee or the
full committee, the aide said, adding that the schedule should be finalized
in January. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee also may
hear testimony. The flurry of activity follows a Wassenaar briefing last
week by the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus.

Story Continued Below

Commerce Department regulation writers say they don’t expect to start work
until early next year on a second draft of an implementation regime.
Reaction to the first proposed rule was almost entirely negative.
Cybersecurity companies fear that bans meant to restrict the sale of
hacking tools to authoritarian regimes will instead stymie sales of
legitimate products and crimp cooperation between security researchers.
Most opponents want the government to hold off on implementation until the
Wassenaar accord can be modified. The danger? Without rules for American
companies, any U.S. bid for changes could encounter opposition from
countries that instigated the original 2013 Wassenaar language, such as the
U.K. and France, some say. Background, for Pros: http://politico.pro/1RLlPwf
<https://www.politicopro.com/trade/story/2015/11/potential-wassenaar-compromise-faces-industry-skepticism-073580>


Read more:
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-cybersecurity/2015/11/export-controls-come-to-the-hill-clintons-internet-freedom-agenda-in-retrospect-thats-not-isils-manual-211441#ixzz3syvVv93P
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