--- title: Step Inside Blue Border® date: 2025-02-13T20:27:49Z modified: 2026-10-29T21:27:43Z permalink: "https://www.venn.com/blue-border/" type: page status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1874 parent: "" ancestors: [] children: [] timestamp: 2026-10-29T21:27:43Z tags: [] --- Blue Border® # The Secure Workspace for the AI Era Blue Border™ is a secure workspace for remote work. It installs a company-controlled, encrypted enclave on any Mac or PC, where work apps, files, network traffic and AI tools run locally under IT policy and DLP. Everything outside the enclave stays private to the user. It secures employees, contractors and BYOD users without VDI or full device management. [book your demo ](https://www.venn.com/request-a-demo/?output_format=md) [take the tour](https://venn.storylane.io/hub/agm4ftph0hiv) [ ![Play video](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/themes/venn/resources/img/play-icon-blue.svg?t=1782943232) ](#modal-dlp-policies) ### Trusted by 700+ security and compliance-driven organizations including Fidelity, Guardian, StoneX, and Whatnot ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-guardian.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-voya.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-fidelity.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-assurean.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-ttec.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-ap.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-douglass-winthrop.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-evercore.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-elyxium.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-immix.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-medserve.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-simplifivas.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-newmark.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-acg.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-guardian.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-voya.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-fidelity.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-assurean.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-ttec.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-ap.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-douglass-winthrop.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-evercore.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-elyxium.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-immix.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-medserve.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-simplifivas.png) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-newmark.svg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/logo-acg.svg) ## Secure remote work on any device. Managed or unmanaged. ![any-worker-animation-1](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/any-worker-animation-1.svg) ### Any Worker Full-time employees, contractors, offshore teams, and BPO staff get secure access in minutes. ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/any-device-animation-1.svg) ### Any Device Mac, PC, company-issued, third-party, or BYOD devices. Managed or unmanaged. ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/any-application-animation-1.svg) ### Any Application Locally installed and browser-based applications are secured and run at native speed. ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/any-ai-workflow-animation-1.svg) ### Any AI Workflow Browser and desktop AI are governed at the source. Sanction the tools you trust and block the ones you don’t. ![what-happens-in-blue-border](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/what-happens-in-blue-border.jpg) ## Secure remote work without VDI Blue Border creates a company-controlled secure enclave directly on the device. All work happens inside the enclave where company data is encrypted and access is governed by IT. All business activity inside the enclave is protected and isolated from any other use on the same computer. Work applications run locally, with no performance tradeoffs, visually marked by a blue line wrapped around those application windows. ## Govern AI tools on personal and unmanaged laptops Govern AI on any personal or unmanaged laptop Claude, natively on the desktop Claude, Cowork, and Code, with full DLP coverage. Tenant restrictions Company accounts only. Personal logins stay blocked. Shadow AI blocking Block AI as a category. Allow only what you approve. Trusted-location access Only dedicated IPs access corporate AI inside Blue Border. [See How IT Works ](#modal-blue-border-for-ai-governance-and-security-explained-video) [take the tour ](https://venn.storylane.io/hub/agm4ftph0hiv) ![Say-yes-to-AI.-Securely](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Say-yes-to-AI.-Securely.jpg) ## How Blue Border® Works version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? [download the brochure ](https://www.venn.com/product-brochure/?output_format=md) > ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/themes/venn/resources/img/quote-mark.svg) Venn is a great solution for any company with remote employees and contractors that have regulatory requirements or wants to reduce the cost of PC management. > > ![William Worthington logo](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/william-worthington.jpeg) > > William WorthingtonCEO & CISO, Grizzly ## What our customers love about Blue Border® ![grizzly-video-cover](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/grizzly-video-cover-974x1024.jpg) [View Case Study](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/video-how-a-ciso-secures-byod-contractors/?output_format=md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grizzly_web-2.png) William Worthington CEO & CISO Grizzly ![Jennifer-garland-cover](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Jennifer-garland-cover-895x1024.jpg) [View Case Study](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/how-a-growing-legal-services-firm-scaled-securely-with-venn/?output_format=md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Prestige-white-logo.png) Jennifer Garland Founder and CEO, Prestige Legal Services ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/CleanShot-2026-08-19-at-19.57.25_000-640x1024.jpg) [View Case Study](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/how-stonex-meets-compliance-secures-workers-with-venn/?output_format=md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/StoneX-logo-black.svg) Frank McGovern Chief Security Architect StoneX If we can get rid of just a portion of our laptops a year, it basically pays for all Venn users. Alex Noone IT Manager Mangrove If you’re struggling with Security, Venn would be the first partner I would look to because Venn already achieves your SOC 2, Type 2. Chris Cole Owner and CEO, SecureEVAs By using Venn, we can leverage our time and talent to help our advisors to be more successful… David Blisk Founder & CEO Spire Venn is one of my favorite products to come in to the market. I think it will change things and drive the sun-setting of VDI, so to say, to start moving to this newer, more modern world of working from BYOD devices. Frank McGovern Chief Security Architect StoneX ![inc-500-icon](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/inc-500-icon.svg) ## Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 Ranked in the top 100 of 5,000 – among America’s fastest- growing private companies. ![inc-500-icon](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/inc-500-icon.svg) ## Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 Ranked in the top 100 of 5,000 – among America’s fastest- growing private companies. ## \#98 Overall ## \#9 In Software ## Frequently Asked Questions Is Blue Border a virtual desktop (VDI)? No. Work apps run locally and natively on the user’s own Mac or PC inside a secure enclave — so there’s no streaming, no lag, and none of the cost or complexity of VDI. Blue Border replaces the reasons companies run VDI in the first place. Do users need a company-issued device? No. Blue Border works on company-issued, third-party, or personal/BYOD devices, managed or unmanaged. Users authenticate on their own computer and work inside the enclave. Can the company see my personal activity? No. Only activity inside Blue Border is governed. Anything outside it — personal apps, files, and browsing — can’t be seen, tracked, or monitored by the company or by Venn. What applications run inside Blue Border? Locally installed apps and browser-based apps alike — Chrome, Office, Slack, Zoom, Teams, Salesforce, SAP, CAD tools, custom line-of-business apps, and more, all running at native speed. How do you secure AI usage across distributed teams and devices? Install Blue Border on each worker’s Mac or PC. AI tools run inside the secure enclave, where IT sanctions the tools and company tenants it trusts, blocks the rest by tool or category, and applies DLP to prompts, uploads and copy/paste. Browser AI and desktop AI such as Claude are governed the same way, on managed, unmanaged and BYOD devices. How is Blue Border different from MDM? Is there any device management involved? Blue Border creates a secure enclave on the device that isolates work apps and data from anything else on the machine. There is no management of the actual device and any management and removal of data is entirely the contents of the secure enclave. All device configurations and personal activity outside the secure enclave are not touched or managed. ## Secure your remote workforce in minutes [book your demo ](https://www.venn.com/request-a-demo/?output_format=md)