Cybersecurity Firms React to China’s Reported Software Ban

The Chinese government is instructing domestic companies to stop using software made by cybersecurity companies from the United States and Israel, according to Reuters.

Reuters [paywalled] named more than a dozen companies targeted by the directive, including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Wiz, Check Point, Broadcom (VMware), SentinelOne, Recorded Future, Claroty, McAfee, Rapid7, Google (Mandiant), Orca, CyberArk, Imperva, and Cato Networks.

It’s unclear how many Chinese companies received the order banning American and Israeli security software.

China’s move is not surprising, considering that the US has been gradually banning China-made software and hardware over espionage and other national security concerns. Chinese AI has also been the target of recent ban proposals.

SecurityWeek has reached out to a majority of the security firms named by Reuters. While many did not respond to our request for comment, a few have provided initial clarifications.

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