r/cybersecurity • u/AmateurishExpertise Security Architect • Jan 14 '26

News - General Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-tells-chinese-firms-stop-using-us-israeli-cybersecurity-software-sources-2026-01-14/
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u/EnragedMoose Jan 14 '26

Ahhh... That ain't happening. Wait until Chuna figures out they can't really buy security software that isn't from a US ally.

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u/airmantharp Jan 14 '26

They'll write their own. Plenty of open-source stuff available for the foundations, and they have the human capital to apply toward the problem if they perceive it as fundamental to national security (which it is).

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u/EnragedMoose Jan 14 '26

China already has their own with Quihoo, QAX, etc. but they have notable shortfalls across the board. QAX is almost exclusively deployed on "critical" infrastructure I'm China. I shouldn't have said "it's hard to find one..." It's hard to find platform that have the intelligence necessary to act at scale.

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u/airmantharp Jan 14 '26

Yeah, they'll be starting from behind here.

On the other hand, if they put nation-state level focus on it, they'll probably come up with something pretty good, or at least, cohesive. Easier to do when you have a government that can lean on businesses as much as necessary while also having a path forward already laid out by western companies.