washington allow foreign governments require review software secrets technology products build u.s. company problematic top white house cyber security official say tuesday add increasingly common arrangements present security intellectual property risk rob joyce white house cyber security coordinator say let countries inspect source code closely guard internal instructions software condition entry foreign market protectionist effort certain regimes threaten free open internet could hobble product security privacy feature reuters monday report hewlett packard enterprise hpe last year allow russian defense agency review inner work cyber defense software know arcsight use pentagon guard computer network read original reuters special report cyber security experts former u.s. intelligence officials former arcsight employees say practice could help moscow discover weaknesses software potentially help attackers blind u.s. military cyber attack security aspects disclosures problematic joyce former hacker u.s. national security agency say washington post cybersecurity summit ask specifically story add concern intellectual property risk associate review however give source code china condition enter market get wonder competitors go start adopt feature joyce say event sponsor hpe see examples past really concern us ask joyce comment hpe spokeswoman say company never never take action compromise security products operations customers company say review take place years conduct russian test company hpe research development center outside russia software maker closely supervise process code allow leave premise hpe say inspection process necessary obtain certification russia federal service technical export control fstec defense agency task counter cyber espionage order sell software russia review arcsight code conduct echelon company close tie russian military behalf fstec accord russian regulatory record interview people direct knowledge issue british tech company micro focus international plc mcro.l purchase arcsight hpe last year transaction complete september respond ask joyce remark micro focus respond request comment whether would allow russia similar source code review future russia recent years step demand source code review requirement business country reuters report june china may adopt new cyber security law western company criticize require overly strict data surveillance storage requirements law raise concern company need choose compromise security protect business lose enormous chinese market idea enter china market without offer intellectual property way without agree maybe hobble security privacy feature ... russia head way bunch totalitarian regimes head way joyce say foreign government code review 'problematic white house cyber official