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How do you assure security of your internal network?

Hello there, When it comes to network security, probably all of us would say 'firewall', as that comes to our minds firstly. That's true, you have to protect yourself from the entire spectrum of risks that are lurking from outside your network edge and trying to either get to your devices to make them botnet slaves, or to get to your data so it can be sold or used for identity theft or anything else. That's true and valid. But what about the other edge? The edge of your local network? What if your employer takes his laptop for a business trip, stops to enjoy a cup of coffee at the airport or shopping center, and uses public wireless network for Internet connectivity? Let's go back couple of quarters, when WannaCry was at its best and tried to make people cry. Your employee would get his laptop infected with ransomware or any other type of malware and bring that to your company network. Then, if your employee wasn't upgrading his OS frequently (...