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Border Crossing: A New Battle Over Governments

Extending Information Mandates Beyond National

Security to National Interest

By George T. Tziahanas, AGC and VP of Compliance, Archive360

It might seem counterintuitive that in a distributed digital world, the location of data is increasingly
important. However, based on current trends, national borders are indeed establishing a presence in
cyberspace.

Governments have long sought to control national security-related information (such as classified data),
but since the dawn of the Internet Age, they didn’t concern themselves too much with non-classified data
sharing—or if they did, the targets were typically quite narrow. The adoption of cloud solutions, initially
deployed and used without much concern over boarders, just drove the point home.

But all that is changing: Over the last few years, countries have reconsidered their hands-off approach,
and now are extending their reach into areas more aligned with their national interest. These include
concerns around citizens’ privacy, critical transportation or energy infrastructure, financial markets, and
non-classified government information. They clearly want to mitigate cyber and other risks, and guard
against a broader impact to their economies and population.

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