From a cybersecurity perspective, 2016 was a very devastating year for companies, schools, government agencies, organizations and even presidential campaigns. What we’ve learned from a record year for breaches, hacks, phishing, malware, and ransomware is what we’ve known all along: cyber criminals are clever and they are not bound by any rules or real strategy.

We also learned that no company, government agency, or organization is safe if they are in the bullseye of those determined to breach their networks. Hackers really have a single goal: to steal data or financial assets, crippling organizations in the process.