--- title: Secure Third-Party & Vendor Access on Any Device date: 2026-08-03T07:58:10Z modified: 2026-08-26T17:09:40Z permalink: "https://www.venn.com/use-cases/third-party-vendor-access/" type: use-case status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 6905 --- ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/company-data-protection-2.jpg) Use Cases # Third Party and Vendor Access Secure access for partners, supply chain vendors, and outside agencies on any device. Your company data and apps stay isolated inside a company-controlled secure enclave on their own device. Isolated from their other work or personal activity. [Get a Demo ](https://www.venn.com/request-a-demo/) [See How It Works ](https://www.venn.com/blue-border/) Trusted by 700+ security- and compliance-driven organizations, including Fidelity, Guardian, StoneX, Whatnot, and the IMF. [Read Info-Tech’s independent analysis of Blue Border™ ](https://info.venn.com/report-info-tech-report) ## Third parties and vendors need access. You need to maintain control. Modern work runs on outside parties like vendors, partners, agencies, MSPs, systems integrators, consultants, and auditors. To do their jobs they need access to your data and applications. Typically, while they are using personal hardware or hardware that you personally do not manage. Legacy approaches for securing third party and vendor access are slow and expensive: shipping a managed laptop or standing up VDI. The pressure is always on to just grant access fast so they can get to work. However, if you allow vendors to use unmanaged hardware visibility and control become an immediate challenge. Third-party access is one of the most common and damaging breach vectors for exactly that reason. So you’re caught between enabling vendors quickly and controlling the risk that comes with them. Every legacy approach forces the tradeoff. The goal is to enable vendors while keeping your data isolated and protected. Enabling a vendor with managed devices or VDI is slow and costly Shipping a managed laptop or standing up VDI for every third party takes time and money — so the work waits on IT. Your data can land on a device you can’t see Vendors often work from their own hardware, typically serving their other clients on the same machine, so you don’t set its security posture or control where. Access lingers after the work ends Engagements are time-bound, but VDI credentials and shared access linger — and getting your data off a vendor’s device when the work ends is difficult to execute and prove. ## VDI vs. Blue Border™ There’s a better way to give third parties access: with Blue Border, company data and apps run inside a company-controlled secure enclave on the vendor’s own device — without VDI or fully managing the endpoint. You grant it in minutes with no hardware to ship, and your data stays isolated and instantly revocable without ever touching the rest of their machine. | VDI / Virtual Desktops | ![Venn logo](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/themes/venn/resources/img/venn-blue-border.svg?t=1784816795) | | | --- | --- | --- | | #### Where data lives VDI / Virtual Desktops Hosted from a data center – access requires a session and client. Venn Blue Border In a company-controlled secure enclave on the vendor’s own device — isolated and encrypted. | Hosted from a data center – access requires a session and client. | In a company-controlled secure enclave on the vendor’s own device — isolated and encrypted. | | #### Whose device VDI / Virtual Desktops Often still paired with a managed or company-issued endpoint plus a connection client. Venn Blue Border The vendor’s own machine, managed or unmanaged, Mac or Windows — nothing to ship. | Often still paired with a managed or company-issued endpoint plus a connection client. | The vendor’s own machine, managed or unmanaged, Mac or Windows — nothing to ship. | | #### Isolation from other clients VDI / Virtual Desktops Session-based; doesn’t address what else lives on the vendor’s endpoint. Venn Blue Border Your data and apps are isolated inside the enclave, separate from the vendor’s other clients and personal use. DLP is enforced. | Session-based; doesn’t address what else lives on the vendor’s endpoint. | Your data and apps are isolated inside the enclave, separate from the vendor’s other clients and personal use. DLP is enforced. | | #### Managing their device VDI / Virtual Desktops Frequently assumes a managed endpoint at the other end. Venn Blue Border You manage only the enclave, never the vendor’s device configurations or their other work. | Frequently assumes a managed endpoint at the other end. | You manage only the enclave, never the vendor’s device configurations or their other work. | | #### Cost model VDI / Virtual Desktops Per-seat licensing plus hosting for every external user — costly to scale to vendors. Venn Blue Border No VDI infrastructure and no hardware to ship — save up to 60% vs. VDI due to lack of infrastructure required. | Per-seat licensing plus hosting for every external user — costly to scale to vendors. | No VDI infrastructure and no hardware to ship — save up to 60% vs. VDI due to lack of infrastructure required. | | #### Grant & revoke VDI / Virtual Desktops Standing up and deprovisioning profiles per vendor takes time and support tickets. Venn Blue Border Grant access in minutes; a remote wipe revokes it instantly and purges your data from the enclave. | Standing up and deprovisioning profiles per vendor takes time and support tickets. | Grant access in minutes; a remote wipe revokes it instantly and purges your data from the enclave. | | #### Performance VDI / Virtual Desktops Every session traverses the network, adding latency and friction. Venn Blue Border Apps run locally at native speed — no remote desktop between the vendor and their screen. | Every session traverses the network, adding latency and friction. | Apps run locally at native speed — no remote desktop between the vendor and their screen. | | #### Data protection / DLP VDI / Virtual Desktops Controls apply inside the hosted session only. Venn Blue Border DLP across copy/paste, download, upload, screenshot, print, and AI, enforced inside the enclave. | Controls apply inside the hosted session only. | DLP across copy/paste, download, upload, screenshot, print, and AI, enforced inside the enclave. | | #### AI governance VDI / Virtual Desktops No native control over which AI tools reach your data on the device. Venn Blue Border IT governs which AI tools can access company data — company-sanctioned tools only, blocking the rest. | No native control over which AI tools reach your data on the device. | IT governs which AI tools can access company data — company-sanctioned tools only, blocking the rest. | | #### The vendor’s own data VDI / Virtual Desktops Not applicable — the vendor works in your hosted environment. Venn Blue Border Untouched — everything outside the enclave stays private to the vendor, which is why they accept it. | Not applicable — the vendor works in your hosted environment. | Untouched — everything outside the enclave stays private to the vendor, which is why they accept it. | ## How Blue Border™ Works Installing Blue Border on a Mac or PC creates a company-controlled secure enclave directly on the device — work data, apps, networking, and AI all run locally inside it. - **Network**. Work traffic routes through Venn’s built-in VPN gateway — or your existing private network. - **Applications**. Every app — installed, browser-based or AI — is wrapped by a blue line, creating a virtual firewall and enforcing DLP at the app level. - **Files**. Users save only to work-sanctioned file systems inside Venn Disk that are isolated, encrypted and remote wipeable. **All activity outside Blue Border™ stays 100% private.** ![how-blue-border-works](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/how-blue-border-works.svg) ## Secure Any worker. Any device. Any application. Any AI workflow. ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/shutterstock_1099878668-scaled.jpg) ## Onboard a vendor in minutes — and offboard in one wipe There is no hardware to ship and no VDI session to stand up. A vendor is provisioned on the device they already have in minutes, so work starts now instead of waiting on IT. When the engagement ends, a single remote wipe removes the enclave and purges all your data. ## Your data, isolated on their device Blue Border creates a company-controlled secure enclave on the vendor’s own machine, where your data and apps are encrypted and isolated — separate from the vendor’s other clients, their other work, and their personal use. DLP is enforced inside the enclave, so what you share with a vendor stays where you put it. ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/shutterstock_1674467302-scaled.jpg) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Onboard-seasonal-and-BPO-agents-in-minutes-image.jpg) ## No managing their machine You control only the enclave, never the vendor’s device. Their hardware, their other clients’ work, and their personal use are untouched and invisible to you. ## Shrink your third-party attack surface Instead of your data sitting on an endpoint you can’t see, it lives in an isolated, governed, instantly wipeable secure enclave. Access is managed based on policy, DLP and AI governance apply, and off-boarding is audit-ready ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BYOD-that-agents-actually-accept-Image.jpg) Close Modal Play Video in Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/stone-x-case-study-callout-1024x576.jpg) “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 picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/frank-mcgovern-avatar.jpeg) ![Frank McGovern picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/stonex_group_inc_logo_small_square.jpeg) Frank McGovern Chief Security Architect StoneX [ Case Study ](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/how-stonex-meets-compliance-secures-workers-with-venn/) Close Modal Play Video in Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/chris-cole-featured-1024x560.jpg) “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 picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/chris-cole.jpg) ![Chris Cole picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/secure-eva-small-square.jpg) Chris Cole Owner and CEO, SecureEVAs [ Case Study ](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/how-secureevas-achieved-soc-2-type-ii-compliance/) Close Modal Play Video in Modal ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grizzly-case-study-callout-1024x576.jpg) “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 picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/william-worthington.jpeg) ![William Worthington picture](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/grizzly_information_security_solutions_logo_square.jpeg) William Worthington CEO & CISO Grizzly [ Case Study ](https://www.venn.com/resources/case-studies/video-how-a-ciso-secures-byod-contractors/) ## Frequently Asked Questions How do you give a vendor secure access to company data without shipping hardware or VDI? You install Blue Border on the vendor’s own device in minutes, which creates a company-controlled secure enclave. Your data and apps run inside it — encrypted, access-governed, and protected by DLP — so you enable secure third-party access fast, without owning or managing their machine, and everything outside the enclave stays theirs. How is Blue Border different from VDI or VPN for providing secure third party access to company apps and data? VPN focuses on network access. VPN still allows data onto an unmanaged device with no endpoint control, and VDI hosts a desktop that adds latency for every external user. Blue Border keeps apps local inside an isolated enclave on the vendor’s own device — delivering the data isolation that VDI achieves virtually, without the infrastructure and latency. Can Blue Border isolate our data from a vendor’s other clients if the same device is being used? Yes. Your company data and apps live inside the secure enclave, isolated from everything else on the device — including the vendor’s other clients, their other engagements, and their personal use. When vendors work with you – they are always working inside the enclave. What you share stays contained in the enclave and can be wiped without affecting anything else on the device. How do we remove a vendor’s access when the engagement ends? A remote wipe action instantly removes the secure enclave and purges all company data from the device without touching anything else. Because your data lives only inside the enclave, offboarding a vendor is clean and provable — there is nothing left behind on a machine you don’t control. Will vendors accept Blue Border on their own devices? Typically yes, because you manage only the enclave, not their machine. The vendor’s hardware, their other clients’ work, and their personal use are untouched and invisible to you. The separation runs both ways — your data is protected, and their environment stays entirely their own. A distinct blue line around the app window indicates work inside the enclave, so there is rarely push-back of any kind. Does Blue Border help reduce third-party and vendor risk? It directly addresses the endpoint side of third-party risk: your data lives in an isolated, encrypted, governed enclave with DLP and instant revocation, rather than loose on a device you can’t see. Map this to your specific vendor-risk requirements with your security and compliance teams. ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/shutterstock_2446979289-scaled.jpg) ## Onboard vendors fast. Keep your data protected. Blue Border is the secure workspace for remote employees and contractors on any device — without VDI or fully managing the endpoint. Provision vendors, partners, and service providers in minutes on their own device, with your data isolated in a wipeable secure enclave — so you enable outside work fast and keep it contained and revocable, without managing their machine. [Get a demo ](https://www.venn.com/request-a-demo/) [See How It Works ](/blue-border/)