Trial Period for Proposed Changes to Australian Controls on Cryptography and Information Security Re
Australia will soon begin a trial of 2-Step Permits for information security and cryptography research. The first permit is a broad permit to enable the early stages of collaboration and research to proceed with a minimal level of regulation and provide a trigger (via a notification from the researcher) for DEC to assess if a second permit is required. The second permit, which should only be required in limited circumstances, will enable more sensitive projects and collaborations to proceed under a tailored permit that will be crafted to address the identified level of risk.
See: www.defence.gov.au/ExportControls/CryptoPermitTrial.asp and http://www.defence.gov.au/ExportControls/Cryptography.asp
