Ibikoresho by'ingufu bisanzwe bikozwe mubikoresho bifite imbaraga nyinshi, bifite ibiranga kurwanya ruswa, kutagira umukungugu, kutirinda amazi ndetse no kwirinda amashanyarazi, kugirango habeho umutekano wibikoresho byingufu ahantu hatandukanye.
Ifite kandi imikorere myinshi nibiranga. Ubwa mbere, zitanga uburyo bwiza bwo kurinda ibyangiritse kubikoresho byingufu zituruka hanze nkikirere kibi, umukungugu, ubushuhe, kunyeganyega, no guhungabana. Icya kabiri, igikonoshwa nacyo gifite imikorere myiza yo kurinda, gishobora gukumira amashanyarazi ya electronique hamwe n amashanyarazi ahamye kutabangamira no kwangiza ibikoresho.
Kurugero, ibikoresho bishya byingufu byateguwe kabine nibikoresho byabugenewe byifashishijwe mu kwakira no kurinda ibikoresho bishya byingufu nkamashanyarazi akomoka ku mirasire y'izuba, kubyara ingufu z'umuyaga, hamwe na sisitemu yo kubika ingufu. Gutunganya igikonoshwa bigomba gukorwa mububasha bukomeye, butarwanya ruswa, butarinda umukungugu, butarinda amazi kandi butangiza ihungabana kugirango ibikoresho bikore neza ahantu habi hanze. Hamwe nubushuhe bwiza, kutagira amazi nibikorwa bitagira umukungugu, birashobora kurinda neza ibikoresho ibihe bibi nibidukikije.