always be changing

the most basic and fundamental thing to remember in the context of defending yourself is:

by which i mean you have to keep learning, adapting, growing, improving, etc. no simple list of tasks to complete or security measures to put in place will ever really be enough to keep you or your stuff safe. you have to keep making intelligent changes to what you do and how you protect yourself. those lists of practices people generally advise are stagnant - they stand still but the bad guys never do.

(one part catch phrase and homage to the movie glengarry glen ross, and one part honest advice since it is essentially what i do)