Should I connect my lighting network to the internet?

I mean, No I shouldn't -- this seems to be almost universally agreed upon. Nor do I want the IT department to come anywhere near my Network at all. Is this latter position still justifiable, if reasonable safeguards are taken?

Can anyone share either 1) Horror stories when Lighting Networks aren't discrete or 2) some molecular-level reasons on why even a lighting-network-specific VLAN, perhaps,  is still not a great idea?

I'm trying to ascertain if the sky is really falling, or if it's more a reticence to have to deal with other departments who just don't get it, when it comes to the demands of Show Control and modern day Lighting Networks

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