Secure your data; you never know who’s looking

By now, it should be abundantly clear that our data is not secure.  Over the past 15 years, we’ve seen an exponential increase in organized, methodical cyber-related attacks to steal confidential data, assume identities, drain bank accounts and plunder consumer and corporate networks. This worldwide hacking community can hold your data hostage (ransomware), ruin user’s credit in the blink of an eye, and cause immeasurable amounts of grief to those who have been hacked.  Reuters estimated that in 2014, cybercrime cost the global economy $450 billion.

Data hacks including the Office of Personnel Management, the Pentagon,…