Mitigating Cyber Risk in the Age of Open-Weight LLMs: Policy Gaps and Technical Realities

Open-weight general-purpose AI GPAI models offer significant benefits but also introduce substantial cybersecurity risks, as demonstrated by the offensive capabilities of models like DeepSeek-R1 in evaluations such as MITRE's OCCULT. These publicly available models empower a wider range of actors...

ISPA to launch cyber security code of practice in SA

ISPA to launch cyber security code of practice in SA South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association ISPA has teamed with Australia's Internet Industry Association to develop a new voluntary industry code of practice to improve cybersecurity for end users. Known as the 'icode', and develop...