Varonis Systems
| Company type | Public |
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| Nasdaq: VRNS Russell 2000 Component | |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Yaki Faitelson Ohad Korkus |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 2100 (2022) [3] |
| Website | varonis |
Varonis Systems, Inc. is a software company based in Miami,[4][5] Florida with R&D offices in Herzliya, Israel. The company’s Data Security Platform analyzes data and data activity using the insights to identify data exposure risks stemming from access permissions and software-as-a-service (SaaS) app configurations, triggering automated remediation capabilities in response.[6]
Varonis performs User Behavior Analytics (UBA) that identify abnormal behavior from cyberattacks. Their software extracts metadata from an enterprise's IT infrastructure and uses this information to map relationships among employees, data objects, content, and usage.[7]
History
[edit]Varonis Systems was founded in 2005 by Yaki Faitelson and Ohad Korkus, in order to address security issues such as file activity tracking, information rights management, and access control.[8] Prior to Varonis, Faitelson and Korkus worked at the global professional services and systems integration divisions of NetVision and NetApp.[9]
Faitelson and Korkus invented a solution that would retrieve metadata contained in file systems. They brought in Dr. Jacob Goldberger, an expert in statistical modeling and machine learning, to help develop the algorithms that would provide the user-data link.[10] In 2005, Faitelson, Goldberger, and Korkus filed a patent, “Automatic management of storage access control", which was granted in 2006.[11] The result of their work was the Intelligent Data Use (IDU) classification platform, a platform for gathering and analyzing file data use. The first product based on this platform, DatAdvantage, was released in 2006 – built so that enterprises can monitor file activity and user behavior, and manage data ownership, data access rights, and responsibilities of file system data.[12]
Varonis continued with core platform development. In 2009, Varonis added the IDU Classification Framework, which allowed Varonis products to search for keywords, phrases and patterns from file content. In 2013, Varonis released DatAlert to detect and uncover insider threats and potential data breaches, notifying and alerting on suspicious file system activity including unusual access to sensitive data and changes to permissions and configuration files.[13]
Varonis raised capital from Accel Partners, Evergreen Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, and EMC.[14][7]
In February 2019, the company announced its model would shift from a perpetual license model to a subscription model. The stock fell 22% after the announcement. In 2021, Varonis Systems announced it’s expanding its operations and doubling its workforce in Cork.[15]
In 2020 the company made its first acquisition, Polyrize, a company that tracks users and the cloud data stores they use and gives them the ability to track where data is going.[16]
In 2022 Varonis announced it would deliver its Data Security Platform as a SOC® 2-compliant SaaS, citing faster updates and improved features.[17]
In 2023, Varonis added generative AI to its SaaS platform, allowing administrators to analyze and reduce investigation times.[18]
In 2024, Varonis began supporting Microsoft Copilot with a solution that monitors and audits Copilot prompts and data access in real-time and detects abnormal interactions to identify those with malign intent or those without malign intent that yielded undesirable outcomes.[19]
Also that year Varonis expanded its portfolio of products that monitor data access and detect potential breaches to offer a managed service to detect and respond to incidents.[20]
In September 2024, the company announced new capabilities in its Salesforce Security Posture Management (SSPM) solution aimed at helping customers identify and eliminate data security risks automatically.[21]
In November 2024 Varonis announced that it would be expanding its IaaS security coverage to the Google Cloud. The company’s 2024 10k reported customers in 95 countries and a Q1 2025 relocation of its headquarters to Miami, Florida.
In January 2025 the Calcalist reported Varonis was in advanced negotiations to acquire cyber startup Apex Security, whose investors include Sam Altman, founder and CEO of OpenAI, as well as the venture capital funds Sequoia and Index.The value of the deal was estimated at $30–40 million.[22] In February 2025 it was reported that the company was set to accelerate and complete its SaaS transition by 2025, with a target of $737-$745 million ARR.[23]
In March 2025, the Company announced that it would be acquiring Cyral to improve database security using cloud-native, AI-driven technology. The company plans to complete its SaaS transition by the end of 2025.[24][25]
Technology and Architecture
[edit]The Varonis Metadata Framework is implemented at two levels. Non-intrusive monitoring resides on file servers, feeding both real-time file event information and ACLs to a separate server.[26] The collected data is stored in a database. The second part, the IDU analytics engine, performs statistical analysis to derive data owners, baseline user activity, and user groupings. The Metadata Framework is able to incrementally index file metadata, thereby allowing it to maintain the current state of file metadata in its database. DatAdvantage presents this information to IT administrators.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Varonis Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results". Varonis Systems Inc.
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- ^ "Varonis Systems (VRNS) Q1 2022 Earnings Call Transcript". Nasdaq.
- ^ "About Us | Varonis". www.varonis.com. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ^ "New York tech company moves headquarters to Miami". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ^ "Varonis Systems Overview". 27 March 2025.
- ^ a b Konrad, Alex (March 3, 2014). "No IPO Hangover: Varonis' CEO Talks Going Public After A Big First Day". Forbes.
- ^ "This Israeli company managed to IPO, double its valuation and cross the $1B mark, and that was just on Friday". Geektime. 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^ Brodkin, John (April 7, 2007). "10 enterprise software companies to watch". ComputerWorld.
- ^ Professor Jacob Goldberger Bloomberg
- ^ Automatic Management of storage access control US Patent 20060277184 A1
- ^ Perlroth, Nicole (March 29, 2015). "Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security". The New York Times.
- ^ "VARONIS UNVEILS DATALERT TO ENABLE REAL-TIME DETECTION OF POTENTIAL BREACHES AND UNAUTHORIZED CHANGES (NASDAQ:VRNS)". ir.varonis.com. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
- ^ "Varonis Systems Soars As 2014's First Technology IPO". Investor's Business Daily. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
- ^ "How Ireland's second city emerged as a global cybersecurity hub". www.securitymagazine.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Murphy, Ian (2020-10-27). "Varonis makes its first acquisition as it snaps up Polyrize". Enterprise Times. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Inc, Varonis Systems (2022-10-31). "Varonis Launches Its Flagship Data Security Platform as a SaaS". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Parker, Carl (2023-12-11). "Introducing Athena AI for Varonis SaaS". Somerford Associates. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Gownder, J. P. (2024-04-03). "Quantifying Microsoft Copilot For Microsoft 365 Use Just Got Easier". Forrester. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ "Managed Everything? Vendors Shift Focus to Services". www.darkreading.com. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ Mitchell, Sean. "Varonis unveils enhanced Salesforce Security Posture Management". SecurityBrief Australia. Archived from the original on 2024-09-19. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ "Sam Altman-backed Apex Security in advanced talks to be acquired by Varonis for up to $40M". ctech. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ Varonis accelerates SaaS transition to complete by 2025, targets $737M-$745M ARR
- ^ Varonis Acquires Cyral to Reinvent Database Activity Monitoring
- ^ "Varonis Acquires Cyral to Reinvent Database Activity Monitoring". www.darkreading.com. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ Varonis: Data Governance in the Hands of the People ESG