BIS to Issue New Cybersecurity Export Controls
The Bureau of Industry and Security will issue new export controls on certain cybersecurity items and create a new license exception for those exports, said an interim final rule Wednesday. It will establish more restrictions on items that can be…
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used for “malicious cyber activities” by imposing a license requirement for shipments to certain countries, said BIS, part of the Commerce Department. The changes, effective Jan. 19, will align U.S. cybersecurity restrictions with controls previously agreed to at the multilateral Wassenaar Arrangement. BIS seeks comment on the changes by Dec. 6, says Thursday's Federal Register.