PSPF Direction Update – DeepSeek Products, Applications and Web Services

The Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs has today issued a mandatory Direction under the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) to government entities to manage a protective security risk to the Commonwealth.

Direction 001-2025 DeepSeek Products, Applications and Web Services

This Direction requires Australian Government entities to prevent the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services and where found remove all existing instances of DeepSeek products, applications and web services from all Australian Government systems and devices.

See Direction 001-2025 on the Directions page for more information.