None of the measures taken here will ensure bullet-proof security for your data.  A person who knows what they are doing can easily circumvent all of these measures.  The security steps here are merely to keep the average user safely out of the way and prevent amateur malfeasance. If your current system is a system of excel sheets and word documents, this will be much more secure.  If your current system is Tracks or ZIMS, this will be less secure. 

Protecting your data from casual disruption (someone who doesn’t know what they are doing)

• Before you distribute:
  • Move the ZDN Support Files folder to somewhere “off the beaten path” where users won’t stumble on it accidentally
  • Hide the ZDN Support Files folder (right-click > Properties > Hidden)
• Distribution
  • Use a batch file  to distribute to your users
  • Use the available backup tools
  • Coming soon: Keeper/Read-only versions of the database to distribute to users who should only be referencing, not changing, diet information.