Venn Named a Sample Vendor in the 2026 Gartner Hype Cycle™ for Workspace Security
Venn is recognized in the Unmanaged Device Access category, reflecting the shift toward device-agnostic workspace security for organizations moving away from virtual desktops (VDI), DaaS and traditional endpoint management.
Venn, the leader in workspace security for remote and contractor workforces, today announced it has been named a Sample Vendor in the “Unmanaged Device Access” category of the Gartner Hype Cycle for Workspace Security, 2026.
The 2026 report, and the specific mention under the category of Unmanaged Device Access, reflects a shift Venn has anticipated since its founding: workspace security is no longer about which laptop employees use. The workforce itself is being redefined – humans and AI agents, employees and contractors, onshore and offshore – operating across unmanaged devices that no IT team can fully own or control. Securing that redefined workforce has become the central challenge for IT.
In the report, Gartner defines Unmanaged Device Access as a “distinct category of client-side technologies that give unmanaged devices (laptops, mobile phones, etc.) secure access to corporate applications and data while isolating that activity from the local endpoint. This is a separate class of technology from traditional VDI or DaaS, which rely on hosting and virtualization to secure data and applications – avoiding the local endpoint entirely.”
