InfoWorld - Security Adviser: Everything I know about computer security I learned in kindergarten

Dying to implement the latest surefire, algorithmically infallible defense? You're better off acting on time-tested wisdom

By Roger A. Grimes
MARCH 04, 2014

After more than 25 years as a computer security consultant, I've learned that the "secret" to good computer security is to do the simple things that we all know we should be doing better. The more I'm considered an "expert," the more I realize that almost any child could tell the world how to protect computers.

With apologies to Robert Fulghum, author of the perennially best-selling book, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," here's my attempt to share the simple truths of good computer security.

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