Moscow wants to inspect the source code of American software vendors supplying the Russian government. Source code is not the “keys to the kingdom” for bug hunters, experts say. The controversy began in October, when news broke that Hewlett Packard Enterprise let a Russian defense agency review the company’s ArcSight SIEM offering. The revelation sparked an outcry against sharing source code with foreign governments, and prompted Symantec’s CEO Greg Clark to tell Reuters These are secrets, or things necessary to defend (software) Its best kept that way.”]

