It’s been 20 years since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its guidance on building enterprise security awareness and training programs. A lot has changed since then.  With new attack types, the advent of cloud applications, the work-from-anywhere era, and generative AI, NIST has realized that their previous idea of effective training […]

During the holiday season, we like to share one of our favorite books with friends of Polymer. It’s become a yearly tradition. In 2022, we gifted Michael A. Singer’s The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life’s Perfection. It’s an impactful memoir about how Singer decided to embrace the flow of life. This personal shift led […]

It’s not a happy holiday for MongoDB after the company was the victim of a cyber attack involving the theft of sensitive customer information.  MongoDB offers an open source NoSQL database management program for over 46,000 customers as an alternative to traditional relational databases.  Here’s everything we know about the data breach so far, including […]

According to new McKinsey research, companies that fail to embrace generative AI are setting themselves up for serious competitiveness issues down the line.  You might be thinking, “That’s not a problem for my organization. We’re already experimenting with generative AI.” But, how you deploy AI is far more important than simply using it.  It comes […]

“To ban or not to ban?” that is the question most executives are mulling over when it comes to generative AI. It’s no wonder, really. Already, we’ve witnessed a highly publicized ChatGPT leak at Samsung, after employees unwittingly shared sensitive information with the large language model.   However, while banning may be a quick-fix solution, it’s […]

You might be confident in your cybersecurity posture, but if you don’t know how your suppliers approach data protection, you’re still at risk of a huge data breach.  That’s precisely what happened to Dollar Tree. Over the weekend, the well-known discount retailer hit the headlines after falling victim to a supply chain cyber attack. And, […]

Generative AI is like the Internet of the late 1990s. It’s going to completely reshape the business world, and make employees way more productive, innovative, and efficient.  In fact, already, Nielsen Norman Group has found that employees using generative AI tools like ChatGPT perform 66% better than those who don’t.  There’s just one problem. A […]

Data breaches are never good news. But, they’re even worse news if the compromised information includes national security data. And, even worse news if your company found out about the breach through the media.  Unfortunately, that’s exactly what might have happened to General Electric (GE), after supposed DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) data stolen […]

Imagine this scenario: Your sales team, in the midst of a hectic period, rushes to finalize a proposal for a crucial prospect. Strapped for time, they turn to ChatGPT for assistance, feeding it sensitive contract and company data to speed up the process. Seems harmless, right? Actually, the data your sales team entrusted to ChatGPT […]

These days, the security operations center isn’t a fun place to be. According to research, 84% of security professionals are burned out and overwhelmed by alert fatigue, false alarms, and limited visibility into the technology stack. As a consequence, the cybersecurity skills gap increased by 12% in the last 12 months, with a mass exodus […]

Does this headline give you a case of deja vu? That’s because, only last month, a ransomware group claimed to steal the personal health information (PHI) of 2.2 million patients registered with McLaren Health Care. However, it’s only now that McLaren is acknowledging the breach. What happened, and why the discrepancy?  Let’s find out.  What […]