The security of money is a main topic, and it always depends on each personally. Only we can raise it. And this list of actions, evangelize the confirmation. So do not think that someone will do the work for you, because it's not. Everything is in our hands.
Yes, only you can help yourself, because no one will do it for you. Bitcoin is safe, the only thing that is not safe is the wallet that we are going to put our investments. All wallet can be hacked, you just have to pick the most secured wallet. Hackers will do everything just to hacked someones wallet, just for greed, or just to proved their knowledge, or sometime popularity to their community.