SECURE – Chatbot for Export Control and Research Security

• Provide guidance on questions regarding export controls and research security, and highlight relevant regulations and review criteria
• Compile information on countries, parties involved, goods, software, technology, purpose, and end use
• Identify which details are still missing for a technical review
• Help you prepare a structured inquiry to the responsible agency

This allows relevant issues to be identified early on and requests to the relevant agency to be better prepared.

"What information do I need to submit an inquiry regarding an export control case?"
"What points should I check in advance when engaging in an international research collaboration?"
“What do I need to keep in mind when shipping materials, granting software access, or transferring technology abroad?”
“An international visiting researcher is to be granted access to our lab and our research data. What should I check?”

SECURE provides a preliminary assessment for guidance purposes. The chatbot does not replace a binding technical or legal review and does not make any decisions or approvals regarding individuals, projects, collaborations, or transfers. In particular, it cannot grant any approvals or replace the final export control assessment conducted by the competent authorities.

First, describe the specific circumstances: What do you want to do, with whom or with which country, what are the technical or research aspects involved, and what are the goods, software, technology, or knowledge intended to be used for?

Answer any questions from SECURE as specifically as possible. Technical characteristics, the destination country, the partner organization, and the end use can be decisive for classification.

You do not need to know which regulation applies. SECURE will guide you through the most important questions based on the details of your case.

The general terms of use apply. For SECURE, the following also applies:

• Provide personal data only when necessary. For general initial orientation, information regarding the country, project, and type of collaboration is often sufficient. However, for specific questions regarding an individual or partner organization, their unique identifier may be required.
• Provide specific technical information. Specific technical characteristics of goods, software, or technology can be decisive for determining export control classification. Therefore, please provide the technical details relevant to your inquiry as precisely as possible, but do not include any additional confidential or particularly sensitive information.
• Do not enter particularly sensitive technical documents. Source code, complete design documents, unpublished technical documentation, or comparable particularly sensitive information should not be entered or uploaded to SECURE.
• Provideconfidential project information only to the extent necessary. Limit yourself to the information SECURE needs for an initial assessment.
• Ensure information is up to date. SECURE draws on curated knowledge bases. Laws, sanctions, and regulatory requirements may change at short notice. In specific, time-sensitive, or legally relevant cases, an additional review by the responsible department is therefore required.

• Technical questions: Nina Felgen, Email: nina.felgen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
• Information about the chatbot: Email: ki[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

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