Trump administration faces early test for negotiating fix to Wassenaar cyber-export controls

The Trump administration faces an early deadline for renewing negotiations on an international solution to cyber export controls that former President Obama left largely unresolved, according to industry sources following the issue.

The new administration is being watched to see if it will submit a proposal in late February to the international parties of an agreement known as the Wassenaar Arrangement to indicate that the United States is interested in having the issue of intrusion software included on the agenda...