What CISOs Should Know About Deepseek Cybersecurity Risks
Search Security, Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
DeepSeek poses significant risks to U.S. enterprises -- even those that don't greenlight it for internal use. CISOs should take steps to reduce the threat.
As generative AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude become embedded in enterprise workflows, a new class of large language models from China is also gaining traction globally. Among them, DeepSeek -- an open-source, bilingual Chinese-English LLM developed by DeepSeek AI -- is drawing attention for its advanced technical capabilities and claims to work more cheaply and efficiently than American-based rivals.
Yet, for cybersecurity leaders and IT risk managers, DeepSeek introduces a new spectrum of cybersecurity, privacy and compliance risks that demand immediate attention.