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US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

What is it?

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a set of United States government regulations that control the export and import of defence-related articles and services. Its goal is to safeguard US national security and further US foreign policy objectives. The US Directorate of Defense Trade Controls encourages organisations to create ITAR compliance programmes for record-keeping, including the identification, receipt and tracking of ITAR-controlled items and technical data.

 

What's the risk?

The US Government has substantially increased action against those responsible for breaches of ITAR since 1999.

  • The most notable enforcement action was a $100M penalty issued in 2007
  • Penalties against organisations generally involve a mandatory compliance component requiring the organisation to spend funds on compliance measures, including the appointment of Internal Special Compliance Officer
  • Penalties may also require the party to submit to external audit
  • In serious cases, a party may be debarred from future exporting for a defined period

How can Boldon James help?

Boldon James Information Classification products support compliance with ITAR by allowing organisations to force users to identify key data & make decisions about how it is stored and transmitted, which may form a ‘reasonable measures' defence in the event of a contravention of the ITAR regulations.

  • Making users aware of duty of care in relation to Export Control
  • Providing the ability to label documents with Export Control Classification Number
  • Allowing internal check and send on the clearance level of users
  • Allowing Domain clearance checking to ensure that information is only send to correct external organisations
  • Leveraging other technologies such as email gateways, encryption and rights management as required

Boldon James is a committed member of TSCP and is working with defence and aerospace organisations across the globe to drive new and innovation solutions for the sharing of sensitive information.

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