1. You must split your coins in 2-3 wallets, to avoid losing all your coins if they are all in one wallet. But then you don't know what types of wallets to use.
2. You find what wallets to use. But then you must decide which wallet will hold the keys to the address with the majority of your money.
3. Then, you realise you must have backups for all your wallets. But how many backups and what types of backups.
4. You make the backups for each wallet. But then you must find where to store the backups.
5. You find a place to store the backups. But then you are not sure if the backups are safe.
The process is straight forward and simple, the security to your asset lies in your capacity to get them secured, you have the full control to how you wanted to have your bitcoin, which where and what exchange to use, how you handles it determines the results you get concerning your privacy, but you cannot know all these without undergoing a rigorous learning ground to have a good understanding of the types of wallets, exchanges, and the right coin to invest on, if you're very well aquatinted to bitcoin in general and make discovery if this platform then i will say you're lucky enough because you're already on the right path to doing it right.