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1.  Nobody believes anything bad can happen to them, until it does.
2.  Security only works if the secure way also happens to be the easy way.
3.  If you don’t keep up with security fixes, your network won’t be yours for long.
4.  It doesn’t do much good to install security fixes on a computer that was never secure to begin with.
5.  Eternal vigilance is the price of security.
6.  There really is someone out there trying to guess your passwords.
7.  The most secure network is a well-administered one.
8.  The difficulty of defending a network is directly proportional to its complexity.
9.  Security isn’t about risk avoidance; it’s about risk management.
10. Technology is not a panacea.

(Scott Culp – 2000)

#5 is unfortunately a heavy price…that includes the constant state of worry.