Information provides the cornerstone to the modern economy. Information flows across information technology networks similar to water naturally flowing down our mountains, into our streams and rivers, and out to the oceans. Within organizations, however, information must be damned to restrict access and the release of export-controlled information. The complex process of applying the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to classify export-controlled information has long frustrated trade compliance professionals. Information filtration is a novel methodology to better manage this process by filtering a broad set of information possibly subject to the EAR and providing a clear indicator from the outset of whether such information is initially caught by exceptions and exclusions of the EAR.

Originally published in WorldECR - May 31, 2017.