Great keynote speech from Theresa Payton of Fortalice Group.

1. A $5900 ransomware kit can yield $90,000 for the bad guys. That ROI tempts a lot of bad guys.

2. If your technology can be updated, it can be hacked.

3. It is inevitable that companies will be hacked, but what the bad guys get away with and how your company responds can be controlled.

4. Cost of cyber crime on global scale is $445 billion annually.

5. 95% of breaches are due to human error and 78% of those breaches involve tricking the user.

Payton’s talk was geared to companies, but the lessons are for us as individuals, too. it is up to us to keep our data secure. The best way to do that is to understand what is going on and to always be aware.

The simplest place to start? DON’T USE FREE WIFI.

Learn to recognize spam and don’t click links, open attachments or share persol info when asked to in a random email.

That is just a start. Learn to stay safe. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away.