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ChatGPT for cybersecurity

OpenAI's versatile, agentic flagship with a very large context window and a broad ecosystem of integrations.

Recommended for cybersecurity

ChatGPT is strong across a broad range of tasks and strong at agentic coding and debugging; that suits detection and triage: assessing, grouping and summarising alerts from endpoints, network, cloud and email.

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: EU hosting possible, no training on your data for business use, and self-hosting available. Caution applies to a model with a documented problem, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure
GDPR: Strong
QualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measure
1485Elo, independent
Editorial scoreOur own assessment on 10 of suitability for professional work, price and privacy. This is a judgement, not a measurement; that is why it always sits alongside the Elo. How we measure
8,9
Entry price
$0
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What ChatGPT does in cybersecurity

Core tasks in cybersecurity
Where ChatGPT excels
  • Versatile across a wide range of tasks
  • Strong at agentic coding and debugging
  • Multimodal: text, image and speech
  • Large ecosystem and integrations

ChatGPT has a strong published GDPR profile and, with the right business settings, is well suited to cybersecurity.

Confidentiality and GDPR

GDPR: Strong

A security tool sees everything: log files, emails, usernames and network traffic. That is personal data, so you need a data processing agreement and must know where the data is stored. Also ask whether the AI assistant is trained on your data. WithSecure (Finland) says it processes data for Luminen in AWS in Europe and does not train foundation models on customer data. Sekoia stores data in Germany or elsewhere in the EU/EEA and is ISO 27001 certified. SoSafe (France) can run self-hosted. With Microsoft Security Copilot you choose the geo of your workspace, but sharing data with Microsoft is on by default. For Charlotte AI, ESET LiveAI and Mindgard the hosting location is not public. Never let an agent act on production systems without analyst approval, and record who makes the 24-hour report under the Cybersecurity Act when an incident occurs.

EU data residency available for Enterprise, Edu and the API. Business and API data are not used for training by default; consumer tiers (Free/Plus/Pro) are, unless you turn this off.

Rule of thumb Use the business variant with a data processing agreement, and keep a human in the loop for decisions that matter.

Prices

Free$0Limited use
Go$8 / monthEntry-level subscription (added 2026)
Plus$20 / monthWider usage, newest models
Profrom $100 / monthPro 100 ($100), Pro 200 ($200) or Pro 500 ($500); Pro models, Codex and deep research
Business / APIfrom $20 / seatAnnual ($25 monthly); API per token

Questions about ChatGPT for cybersecurity

Is ChatGPT suitable for cybersecurity?
Yes. ChatGPT is strong across a wide range of tasks and strong at agentic coding and debugging, which fits cybersecurity well. Always assess the specific task and keep a professional in the loop.
May I put confidential data into ChatGPT?
A security tool sees everything: log files, emails, usernames and network traffic. That is personal data, so you need a data processing agreement and must know where the data is stored. Also ask whether the AI assistant is trained on your data. According to its own statement, WithSecure (Finland) processes data for Luminen in AWS in Europe and does not train foundation models on customer data. Sekoia stores data in Germany or elsewhere in the EU/EEA and is ISO 27001-certified. SoSafe (France) can run self-hosted. With Microsoft Security Copilot you choose the geo of your workspace, but sharing data with Microsoft is enabled by default. For Charlotte AI, ESET LiveAI and Mindgard the hosting location is not publicly stated. Never let an agent intervene in production systems without analyst approval, and record who files the 24-hour notification under the Cybersecurity Act in the event of an incident. EU data residency is available for Enterprise, Edu and the API. Business and API data are not used for training by default; consumer tiers (Free/Plus/Pro) are, unless you turn this off.
How much does ChatGPT cost?
There's Free ($0), Go ($8 / month), Plus ($20 / month), Pro (from $100 / month), Business / API (from $20 / seat). Check current prices on the official site.

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