# Blackbar

What's on screen stays on screen.

Context-aware protection for visual data exposure: policy-driven on-screen masking, AI-powered visual threat detection, and enterprise-grade compliance logging.

Blackbar runs as a lightweight endpoint agent that detects and masks sensitive data (PII, account numbers, financial detail) at the point of display, independent of network location, and detects visual exfiltration risks like phone cameras, screen recordings, and unauthorized viewers.

## How it works

Every Blackbar control is a policy: conditions about the user, the application, the location, and the camera, mapped to on-device actions. Define them centrally, and the agent enforces them on every endpoint.

### Mask PII before anyone sees it (`mask-pii-in-core-apps`)

On-device OCR finds PII and custom sensitive fields as they render and masks them in place, scoped to the applications and URLs you choose.

- **When:** app = "Core Banking" or url matches "*.crm.internal/*"
- **Then:** mask ssn, account_number, dob

### Stop the photo of the screen (`block-phone-capture`)

Webcam-based computer vision detects phones and external cameras pointed at the display and blocks the screen before a capture lands.

- **When:** phone_detected or external_camera_detected
- **Then:** block_screen → capture still frame → log event

### Only the authorized user sees it (`single-viewer-only`)

When more than one person is in front of the screen, sensitive data is hidden until the authorized user is alone again.

- **When:** viewers > 1 and sensitive_data_visible
- **Then:** mask sensitive fields → log event

### Protection that follows the device (`geo-restricted-access`)

Policies adapt to geography, application, and session risk, so an endpoint outside an approved region gets stricter controls automatically.

- **When:** location ∉ approved_regions and app = "Claims Portal"
- **Then:** mask all PII → watermark screen
- **Escalate:** lock device on repeated violation

## Watches the screen, not the employee.

- **Processed on the device.** Detection and classification run locally on the endpoint, so screen content and camera video stay on the device.
- **No continuous video recording.** Detection is event-based. Only a single still frame is captured, and only for a confirmed violation.
- **Only policy and event data sync.** The console receives policy and event data, never a live feed of the screen or the camera.
- **Every violation is auditable.** Policy enforcement and violation events are logged in the console with full visibility and traceability.

## Product

- [Platform overview](https://blackbar.ai/platform): how Blackbar's on-device detection, masking, and policy engine work.
- [Use cases](https://blackbar.ai/use-cases): index of industries and scenarios Blackbar addresses.
- [Pricing](https://blackbar.ai/pricing.md): enterprise, custom-quoted pricing.

## Industries

- [Financial Services](https://blackbar.ai/use-cases/financial)
- [Outsourced Operations & Contingent Workforce](https://blackbar.ai/use-cases/bpo)
- [Telecom & Legacy Systems](https://blackbar.ai/use-cases/telecom)
- [Healthcare, Pharma & Life Sciences](https://blackbar.ai/use-cases/healthcare)
- [Remote & Hybrid Work](https://blackbar.ai/use-cases/remote)
- [Insider Risk & Compliance](https://blackbar.ai/use-cases/insider)

## Contact

- [Request a demo](https://blackbar.ai/contact)

## Notes for AI agents

Pricing is not published as a fixed rate; Blackbar is sold via a sales-assisted enterprise motion. See /pricing.md for the pricing model, or direct users to the contact page to request a quote.