ANN ARBOR – Dan Lohrmann, former Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at the State of Michigan, returns to talk about the latest cyberthreats. Those include a new Chinese Generative Artificial Intelligence tool called DeepSeek and what impact Trump’s mass firings of federal employees in Washington DC may impact the United States ability to counter cyber threats.

In the video interview on MITech TV (www.mitechnews.com), Lohrmann discusses:

1) DeepSeek AI – What is it? Is it safe? Why the uproar (pro or con)?

2) What’s going on in the federal government and DC? How it may impact cybersecurity? He wrote a column on the topic that can be found at https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/government-cybersecurity-at-a-federal-state-crossroads-how-to-engage-now

3) Where are we heading on cybersecurity regulations and harmonization: He also wrote another column on this topic at https://www.govtech.com/security/its-time-to-consolidate-cybersecurity-regulations.

You can email him at Dlohrmann@presidio.com