Bipartisan lawmakers, industry make competing cybersecurity claims in debate over export control criteria

Cybersecurity is the rope in an apparent tug of war between cyber leaders in Congress and industry over how to define criteria in a proposal on controlling the export of certain emerging and foundational technology in the interest of national security.

The related industries have been pulling for a narrow approach to applying potential export controls that doesn't encroach on commercial technologies. But lawmakers in the House and Senate argue that a decision on which technologies should be banned from...