DeepSeek, a free alternative to Western AI models, raises significant security concerns regarding data sovereignty and governance. Andy Ward from Absolute Security emphasized the risk of sensitive organizational data being inadvertently sent to mainland China. Cisco researchers identified critical security flaws in DeepSeek R1, which heightens vulnerabilities to cyber attacks. A survey indicated that 60% of security professionals foresee an increase in cyber threats due to AI tool usage like DeepSeek. Additionally, 80% of respondents believe in the necessity of more robust regulatory measures from the UK government to mitigate these risks.
"I think predominantly it's [about] data sovereignty and data governance, where is your data, who has access to it?"
"So I guess the concern for anyone running a company is that intellectual property, your data, however innocent a user is, just uploading a file or trying to corroborate a spreadsheet or whatever they're using it for, that data is effectively leaving your organization and going straight into mainland China, where compliance, governance, everything's gone out the window at that point."
"According to Absolute Security's UK Resilience Risk Index 2025, 60% of senior security professionals believe the use of AI tools such as DeepSeek will increase cyber attacks on their organization."
"The vast majority of respondents also said that the UK government had a more active role to play in protecting against the potential risks associated with DeepSeek, with 80% insisting that regulation is necessary."
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