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The Best Way to Prevent Getting Hacked

Here are simple cyber hygiene practices to get ahead of 95% of companies: Hackers today have tools that can find 1000s of easy targets that have bad cyber hygiene with a single click. Here’s an analogy: Imagine you’re a burglar walking in a neighborhood, thinking which house to break-in. While all the houses look perfect, there is one that looks abandoned with broken doors, an unkempt lawn, and graffiti on the wall.

Hacking 101: What is social engineering?

For the average person, “traditional hacking” isn’t really an ever-present threat. It’s unlikely that a hacker will ever try to track you down, steal one of your devices, and bypass whatever you’ve set up to protect your personal data. Social engineering, on the other hand, is an increasingly common security threat that you’ve probably encountered many, many times before.