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Despite the overwhelming evidence that the risk and the financial consequences of cyber-attacks are enormous, we still hear, “Nobody is going to hack us…we don’t have anything they want,” or “We can’t get hacked because _____,” with the blank being things like “we use cloud applications” or “we have a good firewall,” “our people are too smart to click on bad links in e-mails,” or other similar “reasons” for their false sense of security. They explain it away.

Today, antivirus alone cannot and will not protect you, especially when you download an infected file that is designed to circumvent your security protocols. Here are 5 things you need to STOP doing now to ensure you don’t get hacked.