Houston, we have a problem. NASA may have put men on the moon, but its privacy program is in need of some rocket fuel.  That’s according to the aerospace agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), who recently reviewed NASA’s privacy program and found its data loss prevention (DLP) approach to be astronomically lacking.  In an […]

This week, thousands of schools across the US became embroiled in a mass data leak, after the school safety software company—Raptor Technologies—accidentally left troves of sensitive data exposed on the internet.  What happened with the Raptor Technologies data breach?  On January 11, a cybersecurity researcher unearthed a concerning discovery: an unprotected database housing an estimated […]

According to the analyst firm Forrester, this year is going to be a major one for generative AI (GenAI) data breaches and compliance fines. It’s easy to see why. While the accidental insider threat has long been a leading cause of cybersecurity incidents in the enterprise, the rise of applications like ChatGPT and Bard mean […]

As a savvy developer, you know that generative AI is a must to boost your productivity, speed and efficiency.  But, you’re also cautious.  You read about the Samsung data breach (where employees unwittingly input confidential source code into ChatGPT and faced disciplinary action as a result), and you don’t quite know how to reap the […]

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 […]