--- title: Why Venn date: 2025-02-13T10:01:38Z modified: 2026-09-26T15:52:18Z permalink: "https://www.venn.com/why-venn/" type: page status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1853 parent: "" ancestors: [] children: [] timestamp: 2026-09-26T15:52:18Z tags: [] --- ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/venn-about-hero-video.jpg) Hear our story # **Empower Your People to Work Better** Organizations require a fundamentally new approach to securing remote work. One built for how work actually happens. One that protects the work, not the device. One that treats AI as part of the workflow, not a threat. [Book Your Demo ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/page/request-a-demo.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/companies-embracing-byod-workforces.png) ## **Workforces demand flexibility. IT still owns the risk.** Work is no longer tied to one location, device, or type of worker. In today’s AI era, businesses are driven by workforce agility: **Geographic expansion.** Companies are building teams across wider footprints to access talent, manage costs, and stay competitive. **AI acceleration.** AI is forcing organizations to rethink nearly every role and process. Adoption pressure is top-down. **Workforce composition.** Organizations are no longer built on full-time employees. Contractors, offshore teams are now critical. ## **Existing Approaches for Securing Remote Work Are Breaking** #### Corporate laptop programs are being scaled back or abandoned. Buying, shipping, tracking, and supporting company hardware is expensive, slow, and operationally fragile. #### VDI environments are shrinking or being avoided altogether. They impose high infrastructure and introduce latency. #### **Taking control of personal devices** with corporate security software is a non-starter. It creates user friction and raises privacy concerns. #### Enterprise browsers are limited to browser-based applications and require users to change how they work – with no visibility into locally installed apps. #### Network-centric solutions focus on access, but lose visibility and control once company data reaches the endpoint. #### Point-solution sprawl Each tool covers one slice — a browser here, a network layer there, a device agent somewhere else — leaving gaps. ## **A new device-agnostic approach to securing remote work** Blue Border™ gives IT a simpler way to govern AI usage, enable contractor and BYOD workforces, and replace VDI. Installing Blue Border on a Mac or PC creates a company-controlled secure enclave directly on that device. 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. Outside Blue Border, privacy is preserved and IT has no visibility or control. [Launch In-Browser Tour](https://venn.storylane.io/hub/agm4ftph0hiv) 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/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/case-study/how-stonex-meets-compliance-secures-workers-with-venn.md) 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/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/case-study/how-secureevas-achieved-soc-2-type-ii-compliance.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gartner-white-logo.svg) Venn Named a Sample Vendor in the 2026 Gartner Hype Cycle™ for Workspace Security, in the category of Unmanaged Device Access Unmanaged device access facilitates access to a secure workspace where applications and data are consumed, but which are isolated from the endpoint, **“Lacking direct control of these devices, isolating the data being accessed from the local device becomes critical. This is a separate class of tech from traditional VDI or DaaS”** Gartner, Inc. “Hype Cycle for Workspace Security, 2026” by Franz Hinner, Eric Grenier, Stuart Downes, and Chris Silva. the most common projects that customers call us for ## Use Case Highlights [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/byod-security.md)#### BYOD Workforces Ensure remote workers are secure, engaged, and productive. Venn securely enables BYOD workforces on any personal computer, removing the burden of buying, securing, managing and shipping laptops. [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/byod-security.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/highlight-byod-workforces-1024x749.jpg) [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/vdi-replacement.md)#### Virtual Desktop Alternative Say goodbye to DaaS and clunky VDI infrastructure. Venn offers an intuitive, cost-effective solution for BYOD that also takes care of your security concerns. Applications run locally, not from a remote server, providing an ideal user experience. [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/vdi-replacement.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/highlight-virtual-desktop-alternative-1024x811.jpg) [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/eliminate-corporate-laptop-programs.md)#### Corporate Device Freedom Get out of the computer hardware business. Eliminate the time-consuming task of buying, shipping, managing and securing laptops for every remote employee and contractor. IT teams can now focus on more strategic initiatives. [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/eliminate-corporate-laptop-programs.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/highlight-corporate-device-freedom-1024x749.jpg) [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/remote-contractor-access.md)#### Third-Party Contractors and Offshore Workers Securely manage third-party contractors, freelancers and offshore workers. Whether they use a PC or Mac, a personal or unmanaged device, Venn ensures company data is protected without the cost and complexity of VDI or sacrificing user productivity. [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/remote-contractor-access.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/highlight-third-party-contractors-1024x749.jpg) [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/dlp-unmanaged-endpoints.md)#### Company Data Protection Protect company data without owning and controlling every user’s PC or Mac. Blue Border™ prevents accidental or malicious data exfiltration, compromise or loss on any unmanaged computer. [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/dlp-unmanaged-endpoints.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/highlight-company-data-protection-1024x749.jpg) [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/byod-security.md)#### MDM for Laptops Experience a new level of control with Blue Border™, which is similar to an MDM solution but for laptops. Work lives in a company-controlled Secure Enclave installed on the user’s computer, where business activity is isolated and protected from any personal use on the same computer. Compatible with PC, Mac, iOS, Android. [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/byod-security.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/highlight-mdm-laptops-1024x872.jpg) [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/ai-governance-security.md)#### AI Governance and Security Govern shadow AI and control which tools can access company data — across the browser and desktop — without managing the device or blocking productivity [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/ai-governance-security.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/highlight-user-convenience-privacy-1024x763.jpg) [Link to Learn More](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/mergers-and-acquisitions.md)#### Mergers and Acquisitions Venn accelerates M&A integration by providing simple and streamlined onboarding for acquired employees. By reducing bottlenecks that can hinder rapid scale (infrastructure and hardware) and enforcing unified security policies through Blue Border™, Venn helps ensure business continuity, compliance, and faster time-to-value during the transition. [ Learn More ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/use-case/mergers-and-acquisitions.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/megers-acquisitions-1024x781.jpg) ## Secure Any User, Any Location, Any Device, Any AI Workflow Get contractors, offshore teams, and remote employees working securely in minutes — on any PC or Mac, without the lag and latency of VDI or fully managing the endpoint. See how Blue Border™ secures company data, apps, and AI workflows while cutting remote-work costs by up to 40%. [Book Your Demo ](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/page/request-a-demo.md) ![](https://www.venn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/future-remote-work-byod-3.jpg)