Extend Your Team Without Extending Your Risk

Offshore development teams offer cost advantages and talent access. But they also create security challenges: how do you give developers access to code without the code leaving your control?

Calliope enables secure offshore collaboration.

The Offshore Security Dilemma

Traditional offshore setup:

• Developers get VPN access
• Code cloned to offshore machines
• Data travels to offshore locations
• Control limited once data leaves

The risk: Your IP is now distributed across potentially less-secure environments.

The Browser-Based Solution

With Calliope:

• Developers access through browser
• Code stays in your environment
• No local clones on offshore machines
• Full audit of all access

Your IP never leaves your perimeter.

How It Works

[Offshore Developer]
        ↓
   [Browser] (HTTPS)
        ↓
[Calliope AI IDE]
        ↓
[Your Secure Environment]
├── Source code (never leaves)
├── Data (never leaves)
└── AI assistance (governed)

Developers work through the browser. Everything stays where you control it.

What Offshore Teams Can Do

Full development capability:

• Browse and edit code
• Use AI coding assistance
• Run builds and tests
• Create commits and PRs
• Access documentation

What they can’t do:

• Clone code to local machine
• Download files
• Copy/paste outside environment
• Screen capture (optional controls)

Access Controls

Configure what each user or team can access:

Repository access: Which repos can they see?

Environment access: Dev, staging, production?

Data access: What databases, what data?

Tool access: Which development tools?

Time restrictions: Working hours only?

Audit Trail

Complete visibility:

Every action logged:

• Files viewed
• Code edited
• Commands run
• AI queries made

Searchable: Find any action by any user

Exportable: Generate reports for management

AI Assistance for Offshore Teams

Offshore developers get AI assistance with governance:

• Same AI coding help as onshore
• Governed by your policies
• No data exposure through AI
• Productivity benefits preserved

Termination Process

When engagement ends:

1. Disable account instantly
2. Access revoked immediately
3. No local data to worry about
4. Audit log retained for review

Clean offboarding because data never left.

Compliance Benefits

Browser-based offshore access helps with:

Data residency: Data stays in your jurisdiction

SOC 2: Controlled access, audit trails

Client requirements: Meet contractual data protection terms

IP protection: Code never leaves your control

Use Cases

Software development: Full development workflow through browser

Code review: Review offshore team’s work with full visibility

Support: Offshore support team accessing systems safely

QA: Testing with access to systems but not data download

The Secure Offshore Checklist

Setting up secure offshore access:

• Browser-based environment deployed
• Access controls configured per role
• Audit logging enabled
• No local clone capability confirmed
• Governance policies applied
• Offshore team trained on process
• Offboarding procedure documented

Extend your team. Keep your control.

Set up secure offshore access →