Countering nation-state cyber espionage: A CISO field guide | Computer Weekly
Summary
According to the report, China’s cyber espionage operations will likely increase in 2025, with attacks targeting Western critical national infrastructure (CNI), intellectual property, and sensitive corporate data. Reports indicate that DeepSeek’s privacy policies allow user data to be stored on servers within China, making it potentially accessible to the Chinese government under local cyber security laws. These risks are so severe that US government entities have moved swiftly towards banning its personnel from using DeepSeek, citing security concerns over data interception, including keystrokes and IP addresses. In partnership with many top cyber security solution providers, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has drafted Special Publication (SP) 1800-35 Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture. The practice guide is designed to provide implementation examples and technical details on how security leaders can ultimately achieve zero trust to safeguard modern digital enterprises.