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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Pass...Washington-and-Silicon-Valley-over-encryption

Interesting article on encryption debate in the US. Found this little part interesting with regard to competitor Vormetric:

It’s not just large companies that would feel the effects of such a policy. Take Vormetric, a relatively small but influential data security company that sells both encrypted hardware and software to protect high value data. Nearly 80 percent of its business is in the US, but its clients include 17 of the Fortune 30 companies – and many of them have an entrenched business presence overseas. “So, if we are working with an insurance company that sells around the world, and it’s American-based, what’s going to happen to their business in Japan if this law gets passed, and they’re known to be using American-made technology?” says Alan Kessler, Vormetric’s chief executive officer. “It would negatively impact them … and us.”

It would, however, leave the door open for international competitors to capture more of the market. “Absolutely it’s an opportunity for us,” says Trent Telford, chief executive officer of Australian-based data security company Covata, which has offices in Reston, Va., and London. “Until the American software companies duke it out with the US government, I think there’ll continue to be more opportunity for us … . Because my code started offshore and remains offshore, I haven’t had to tackle the question.”