(Editor’s Note: October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The following article on how to prevent ransomware was written by LaSalle native Kim Hester. Kim was raised in the Little Creek and Jena communities. Kim’s father, Orvis Hester, was a prominent businessman in the parish with branches of his furniture and appliance business in Jena, Trout, and Olla. Kim graduated from Jena High School and Stanford University, and is former editor with the Bureau of Publications of the California Department of Education.)