Individuals and enterprises do not understand the value of their Information nor how to protect it. This article attempts to reveal simple and practical ways to protect IT assets and outlines some of the latest thinking and tools from industry experts.

<p>IT Security changes over time and it is important to stay abreast. New threats are appearing all the time and so threat management also needs to change.</p> <p>Here are some tips and pointers to the current thinking in IT Security.</p> <p>Back in February of this year (2013), the <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in the USA published a short but to the point paper<!-- raw HTML omitted --> on how to successfully combat the majority of current cyber security threats. The paper gives an excellent background to the latest threats without getting too technical. But the great thing is the 4 steps that they give to combating the majority of current threats.</p> <p>These are summarised as:</p> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <pre><code>&lt;li&gt; &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; data-font-name=&quot;g_font_p0_1&quot; data-canvas-width=&quot;152.32256276321408&quot;&gt; &lt;em&gt;Patch operating system vulnerabilities, for the same reasons discussed above&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; data-font-name=&quot;g_font_p0_1&quot; data-canvas-width=&quot;613.1027311220175&quot;&gt; &lt;em&gt;Minimize the number of users with administrative privileges, the highest level of authority to make changes or undertake actions on a network&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; Users with administrative privileges are the goldmine for the bad guys. They are the easy back door into the heart of your enterprise systems. &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; </code></pre> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> <!-- raw HTML omitted -->