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White House Promises More Consultations In Response To House Wassenaar Cyber Worries Letter

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

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The White House vowed more consultations in a response to a House of Representativesletter sent to National Security Adviser Susan Rice late 2015 urging a revision to implementation of export controls on cybersecurity intrusion software.Coauthored by House Cybersecurity Caucus Co-Chairs Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the original letter to Rice feared a new export control rule would impair cybersecurity efforts by being too broad.The rule, from the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security…

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