Paul has created a very useful article on Security Pitfalls, including information on  Security Fundamentals. Having crashed and burned on a couple of the pitfalls, I’d say this one is definitely worth a read and bookmark.

Here’s a quote:
“SharePoint security is easy to configure and manage.  However, it has proven to be difficult for some first-time administrators to really wrap their hands around it.  Not only that, I have seen some administrators come to a perfect understanding on Monday only to have lost it by Friday because they didn’t have to do any configuration in the intervening time.  (I admit to having this problem myself).  This blog entry hopefully provides a useful SharePoint security primer and points towards some security configuration best practices.” Read more on Paul’s blog …