Good job avoiding public internet exposure, but the problem with being "on the VPN" is that it has all the problems of the internet at a smaller scale, so you'r

Good job avoiding public internet exposure, but the problem with being "on the VPN" is that it has all the problems of the internet at a smaller scale, so you're still exposed to an untrustworthy network. I'd say that's the core tenant of so-called "zero trust" philosophy.