Software compliance management specialist Black Duck has diversified its product line. The company is now shipping “ExportIP,” a tool intended to help companies comply with laws regulating the exportation of encryption algorithms.

Black Duck says ExportIP can identify encryption algorithms within developed software code. The product includes a role-based interface to help developers identify and describe encryption algorithms, along with an interface to help “export specialists” review export restrictions and submit any requisite government paperwork, the company says.

Black Duck notes that the U.S. government levies stringent penalties for encryption export law violations. For example, the Bureau of Industry and Security fined a software company $165,000 in May 2006, and a mobile equipment manufacturer $95,000 in 2002, for alleged violations, according to Black Duck.

CEO Douglas Levin stated, “Many large software vendors will use ExportIP to improve the efficiency of their established export compliance processes. Smaller vendors can use the solution to identify encryption and explain compliance procedures.”

In related news, Black Duck announced that Washington, D.C.-based lawyer Benjamin H. Flowe has joined its board of advisors.

Availability

Black Duck, which is immediately available, was unveiled this week at a Bureau of Industry and Security conference in Washington, D.C. Pricing was not disclosed.

Black Duck also offers a ProtexIP product line aimed at helping open source software-using companies meet licensing obligations.

 
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