The best way to protect yourself from hackers is, first, keep your funds off of exchanges after you have acquired your coins. Exchanges get hacked all the time and you also don't hold the private keys, so you are really at a security disadvantage. Second, buy a hardware wallet like ledger, trezor, or keep key. These are the most secure and convenient ways to hold your coins. Otherwise you could do a paper wallet. They just aren't convenient at all.