Secure your system from outside threats as you would protect your home from burglars.
Not so many moons ago, when I was in the military, one of my primary concerns was security. Nope, I wasn't a security police officer but a war planner. A majority of my job dealt with handling classified documents and data files. Everything became more automated. We even had a classified computer in our office. As the computer custodian for that PC, I had to deal with all types of fun issues, like information security and computer security.
That job has laid critical foundations for what this and next month's columns will be about - security. We are going to jump into Internet and Intranet security. But before we go much further, let me climb back up on my soapbox for a minute É