Foreign government code reviews 'problematic': White House cyber officialWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allowing foreign governments to require reviews of software secrets of technology products built by U.S. companies is “problematic,” the top White House cyber security official said on Tuesday, adding that the increasingly common arrangements presented both security and intellectual property risks. Rob Joyce, the White House cyber security coordinator, said that letting countries inspect source code, the closely guarded internal instructions of software, as a condition for entry into foreign markets was a protectionist effort by certain regimes that threatened a “free and open internet” and could “hobble” a product’s security and privacy features. Reuters on Monday reported that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) last year allowed a Russian defense agency to review the inner workings of cyber defense software known as ArcSight that is used by the Pentagon to guard its computer networks. (Read the original Reuters special report: here ) Cyber security experts, former U.S. intelligence officials and former ArcSight employees said the practice could help Moscow discover weaknesses in the software, potentially helping attackers to blind the U.S. military to a cyber attack. “There are security aspects of those disclosures (and) they are problematic,” Joyce, a former hacker at the U.S. National Security Agency, said at a Washington Post Cybersecurity Summit when asked specifically about the story. He added that he was more concerned about the intellectual property risks associated with the reviews, however. “If you give your source code to China as a condition of entering into that market, you’ve got to wonder if competitors are then going to start to adopt those features,” Joyce said at the event, which was sponsored by HPE. “And we’ve seen some examples of that in the past and that really concerns us.” Asked about Joyce’s comments, an HPE spokeswoman said the company “has never and will never take actions that compromise the security of our products or the operations of our customers.” The company said the reviews have taken place for years and are conducted by a Russian testing company at an HPE research and development center outside of Russia, where the software maker closely supervises the process, and that no code is allowed to leave the premises. HPE has said the inspection process was necessary to obtain certification from Russia’s Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC),  a defense agency tasked with countering cyber espionage, in order to sell software in Russia. The review of ArcSight’s code was conducted by Echelon, a company with close ties to the Russian military, on behalf of FSTEC, according to Russian regulatory records and interviews with people with direct knowledge of the issue. British tech company Micro Focus International Plc (MCRO.L), which purchased ArcSight from HPE last year in a transaction completed in September, did not respond when asked about Joyce’s remarks. Micro Focus has not responded to requests for comment on whether it would allow Russia to do similar source code reviews in the future. Russia in recent years has stepped up demands for source code reviews as a requirement for doing business in the country, Reuters reported in June. China in May adopted a new cyber security law that western companies have criticized for requiring overly strict data surveillance and storage requirements. The law has raised concern that companies will need to choose between compromising security to protect business and losing out on the enormous Chinese market. “The idea that you can’t enter China’s market without offering up your intellectual property in this way, without agreeing maybe to hobble some of the security and privacy features of it ... Russia is heading that way, a bunch of totalitarian regimes are heading that way,” Joyce said. politicsNews
foreign government code reviews white house cyber officialwashington reuters allowing foreign governments require reviews software secrets technology products built companies problematic top white house cyber security official said tuesday adding increasingly common arrangements presented security intellectual property risks rob joyce white house cyber security coordinator said letting countries inspect source code closely guarded internal instructions software condition entry foreign markets protections effort certain regimes threatened free open internet could gobble product security privacy features reuters monday reported rowlett package enterprise he last year allowed russian defense agency review inner workings cyber defense software known arcsight used pentagon guard computer networks read original reuters special report cyber security experts former intelligence officials former arcsight employees said practice could help moscow discover weaknesses software potentially helping attackers blind military cyber attack there security aspects disclosures problematic joyce former hacker national security agency said washington post cybersecurity summit asked specifically story he added concerned intellectual property risks associated reviews however if give source code china condition entering market got wonder competitors going start adopt features joyce said event sponsored he and seen examples past really concerns asked joyce comments he spokeswoman said company never never take actions compromise security products operations the company said reviews taken place years conducted russian testing company he research development center outside russia software maker closely supervises process code allowed leave premises he said inspection process necessary obtain certification russia federal service technical export control sec defense agency tasked countering cyber espionage order sell software russia the review arcsight code conducted echelon company close ties russian military behalf sec according russian regulatory records interviews people direct knowledge issue british tech company micro focus international plc purchased arcsight he last year transaction completed september respond asked joyce remarks micro focus responded requests comment whether would allow russia similar source code reviews future russia recent years stepped demands source code reviews requirement business country reuters reported june china may adopted new cyber security law western companies criticized requiring overly strict data surveillance storage requirements the law raised concern companies need choose compromising security protect business losing enormous chinese market the idea enter china market without offering intellectual property way without agreeing maybe gobble security privacy features russia heading way bunch totalitarian regimes heading way joyce said politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Foreign government code reviews 'problematic': White House cyber officialWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allowing foreign governments to require reviews of software secrets of technology products built by U.S. companies is “problematic,” the top White House cyber security official said on Tuesday, adding that the increasingly common arrangements presented both security and intellectual property risks. Rob Joyce, the White House cyber security coordinator, said that letting countries inspect source code, the closely guarded internal instructions of software, as a condition for entry into foreign markets was a protectionist effort by certain regimes that threatened a “free and open internet” and could “hobble” a product’s security and privacy features. Reuters on Monday reported that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) last year allowed a Russian defense agency to review the inner workings of cyber defense software known as ArcSight that is used by the Pentagon to guard its computer networks. (Read the original Reuters special report: here ) Cyber security experts, former U.S. intelligence officials and former ArcSight employees said the practice could help Moscow discover weaknesses in the software, potentially helping attackers to blind the U.S. military to a cyber attack. “There are security aspects of those disclosures (and) they are problematic,” Joyce, a former hacker at the U.S. National Security Agency, said at a Washington Post Cybersecurity Summit when asked specifically about the story. He added that he was more concerned about the intellectual property risks associated with the reviews, however. “If you give your source code to China as a condition of entering into that market, you’ve got to wonder if competitors are then going to start to adopt those features,” Joyce said at the event, which was sponsored by HPE. “And we’ve seen some examples of that in the past and that really concerns us.” Asked about Joyce’s comments, an HPE spokeswoman said the company “has never and will never take actions that compromise the security of our products or the operations of our customers.” The company said the reviews have taken place for years and are conducted by a Russian testing company at an HPE research and development center outside of Russia, where the software maker closely supervises the process, and that no code is allowed to leave the premises. HPE has said the inspection process was necessary to obtain certification from Russia’s Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC),  a defense agency tasked with countering cyber espionage, in order to sell software in Russia. The review of ArcSight’s code was conducted by Echelon, a company with close ties to the Russian military, on behalf of FSTEC, according to Russian regulatory records and interviews with people with direct knowledge of the issue. British tech company Micro Focus International Plc (MCRO.L), which purchased ArcSight from HPE last year in a transaction completed in September, did not respond when asked about Joyce’s remarks. Micro Focus has not responded to requests for comment on whether it would allow Russia to do similar source code reviews in the future. Russia in recent years has stepped up demands for source code reviews as a requirement for doing business in the country, Reuters reported in June. China in May adopted a new cyber security law that western companies have criticized for requiring overly strict data surveillance and storage requirements. The law has raised concern that companies will need to choose between compromising security to protect business and losing out on the enormous Chinese market. “The idea that you can’t enter China’s market without offering up your intellectual property in this way, without agreeing maybe to hobble some of the security and privacy features of it ... Russia is heading that way, a bunch of totalitarian regimes are heading that way,” Joyce said. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: foreign government code reviews white house cyber officialwashington reuters allowing foreign governments require reviews software secrets technology products built companies problematic top white house cyber security official said tuesday adding increasingly common arrangements presented security intellectual property risks rob joyce white house cyber security coordinator said letting countries inspect source code closely guarded internal instructions software condition entry foreign markets protections effort certain regimes threatened free open internet could gobble product security privacy features reuters monday reported rowlett package enterprise he last year allowed russian defense agency review inner workings cyber defense software known arcsight used pentagon guard computer networks read original reuters special report cyber security experts former intelligence officials former arcsight employees said practice could help moscow discover weaknesses software potentially helping attackers blind military cyber attack there security aspects disclosures problematic joyce former hacker national security agency said washington post cybersecurity summit asked specifically story he added concerned intellectual property risks associated reviews however if give source code china condition entering market got wonder competitors going start adopt features joyce said event sponsored he and seen examples past really concerns asked joyce comments he spokeswoman said company never never take actions compromise security products operations the company said reviews taken place years conducted russian testing company he research development center outside russia software maker closely supervises process code allowed leave premises he said inspection process necessary obtain certification russia federal service technical export control sec defense agency tasked countering cyber espionage order sell software russia the review arcsight code conducted echelon company close ties russian military behalf sec according russian regulatory records interviews people direct knowledge issue british tech company micro focus international plc purchased arcsight he last year transaction completed september respond asked joyce remarks micro focus responded requests comment whether would allow russia similar source code reviews future russia recent years stepped demands source code reviews requirement business country reuters reported june china may adopted new cyber security law western companies criticized requiring overly strict data surveillance storage requirements the law raised concern companies need choose compromising security protect business losing enormous chinese market the idea enter china market without offering intellectual property way without agreeing maybe gobble security privacy features russia heading way bunch totalitarian regimes heading way joyce said politicsnews