FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. CAMERON PARK, CA (November 12, 2020) – Cyber Safety Net today announced How Hacks Happen and how to protect yourself was awarded the Nonfiction Authors Association’s Gold Award.

How Hacks Happen wins Nonfiction Authors Association’s Gold Award

“The Nonfiction Authors Association sets the bar extremely high,” says author Mark Anthony Germanos. “To have How Hacks Happen be reviewed by other authors and receive the Gold Award is truly an honor. I am glad the reviewers, and reading public as a whole, are finding How Hacks Happen valuable. The content helps keep you safe online.” Some sample reviews are as follows:

In How Hacks Happen, Mark Anthony Germanos uses two author personas to explain and illustrate the hazards to our online information: the cybersecurity expert trying to help us and the black-hat hacker exploiting our carelessness. The result is a book that makes online security accessible to a wide variety of readers. This slim guide may save many readers from online heartache.

Another reviewer wrote:

This work of nonfiction is simply amazing! Mark Anthony Germanos provides a lot of helpful and useful information relevant to the digitally modern age. It is unfortunate that some would commit heinous online crimes. Nevertheless, this book is like a survival guide in order to avoid victimization on the internet. This book is vital to contemporary life!

A third reviewer wrote:

Excellent book to strengthen the weakest link. This is a must-have book for any user of IoT. The content is non-technical and provides a wide range to real-life examples and exercises. Should be a text book for any school.  

How Hacks Happen and how to protect yourself is available at https://howhackshappen.com. This site includes three free chapters for immediate download.