[Cameron Tackett]

The first thing that comes to mind in vulnerability is user error. It is always astounding me how many people it is okay to click or open anything they see. I have heard so many stories of people having ransomware or spyware put on their PC’s or even mobile devices because of spam emails or text messages. The easiest way to curve these issues would in my opinion be to educate those who are less tech savvy. For example, my grandmother is a great person to compare this to. As she actually fell victim to a malware infection of her laptop because she was clicking on random links in her email. Now at the time she was very new to everything and wanted a Facebook account. So being able to tell her not to click on things that she does not know or knows very little about was a great solution.

Another example I can think of is. Using public Wi-Fi. For example, the free public Wi-Fi at McDonalds or any other place is a horrible place to be. Unless you take the proper precautions. Use a VPN being one possible type. Or just DO NOT use public Wi-Fi for anything.

The third thing that comes to mind is not updating your security/OS in general. Attackers are always coming up with new ways to infect a system/server. So staying on top of any sort of update is paramount to some of the best preventative measures you could take.