Top 10 Netscurity New Year's Resolutions

Top 10 Things You Can Do To Be More Secure

Another year has flown by. From a malicious code and security standpoint, 2005 continued to see a rise in phishing attacks as well as an evolution to more sophisticated phishing attacks. It was also a year where the malware underground and organized crime continued to join forces to write malware that was not only annoying, but written more professionally and with more financial impact on its victims.

With 2006 just getting underway, we are already in the midst of the first critical security issue, as Windows users, security administrators and the security industry struggle to battle the WMF Image Handling Exploit. But, the beginning of the year is also a time for making New Year's Resolutions. People will resolve to lose weight, quit smoking, get out of debt, and a myriad of other things. History has shown that most people lack the conviction of their beliefs and will never see their resolution through to completion. I have resolved to lose some weight every New Year's Eve for the past decade- still waiting to come up with a plan or the self-discipline to do it, but its a resolution nevertheless.

As you sit down to ponder 2005 and dream about 2006 I wanted to offer some things you can consider using as your Internet / Network Security resolutions. So, here is my Top 10 list of things you can resolve to do to be more secure in 2006:

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