A new and comprehensive list has just been made available by a group seeking to track down the best mobile and Internet practices. The report, and the international group behind it, seeks to point out the imminent threats to online security as they currently stand, and those which may be problematic in the near future.

The report details several different sources of Internet safety issues, including spyware, phishing and malware. 

This exhaustive assessment is written in a strictly non-technical way, so that everyday users of Web technology will be equipped to digest the information at hand. The report lays out steps that are preventative and will keep Internet users from exposing themselves to hackers and other cyber criminals, such as those out to steal identities and funds. 

This outline is one of the first set of international affairs that seeks to help governments guard against online crime. Generally, this kind of preemptive security is carried out by individual businesses, but in this case it would benefit everyone involved, if those with the most power were making the decisions. 

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The report is available online, so that people around the world can educate themselves about what steps they can take to guard against internet crime. 

The experts behind this report stand by the validity and relevance of their information. It is imperative for governments and businesses to become knowledgeable about the best practices to guard against hacking and other forms of online crime.

The piece is a wonderful first step in defining the ways in which users can keep themselves and their businesses safe in this ever more digitized world. 

Because this report is written in plain language, it should be readable to just about anyone. This is not a cryptic analysis by a team of computer programmers for computer programmers, but an extremely accessible and helpful tool.