Varonis named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ Data Security Platforms
Varonis is a Leader and a Customer Favorite in the Forrester Wave™ Data Security Platforms
The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025 says “Data security industry veteran Varonis continues to bring the expertise and outcomes it has mastered for on-premises deployments into cloud environments.”
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Inside the report
Varonis scored 5 out of 5 in the following criteria:
- Vision
- Innovation
- Data Discovery
- Data Classification
- Data Threat and Risk Visibility
- Pricing Flexibility and Transparency
- And five more...
“Varonis excels in data discovery, classification, access controls, and data threat and risk visibility. It outclasses its competition in the operational areas of reporting, investigations, manageability and support, and addressing supplier risk.”
The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025
“Customers praise the careful, planned use of AI and automation, highlighting areas like workflow and data classification. They commend Varonis’ support and both the IR and MDDR services.”
The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025
“Varonis’ vision of harnessing deep data insights to automate remediation for data security outcomes stands out. Its demonstrated ability to execute and its approach to innovation and supporting services reinforce its differentiation.”
The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025
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thousands of organizations worldwide.
"Having Varonis’ eyes on our infrastructure to ensure we’re not missing anything has been huge."
Ken Christman, Director of IT
MACKENZIE
"Varonis enables me to provide reassurance that our data is looked after and audited properly."
Ian Siggers, Infrastructure Services Manager
KMPT
"Varonis gives us an overall lens into our data. It’s the place we go to see how systems interact with each other and who is accessing them."
Cody Henschel, Director of Information Technology
SAANICH SCHOOL DISTRICT
"Varonis gives me hard data to present to our board of directors and the ability to identify where we have issues that we need to address for compliance purposes."
Brett Brickey, CIO
TPMG
"We measure Varonis’ value and benefit in risk reduction over time. The more you reduce risk, the more time you get to spend on proactive activity rather than reacting to new emergencies."
Deborah Haworth, Director of Information Security
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
"I would definitely recommend Varonis because it’s very user-friendly, it works, and the team is great."
Navneeth Naidu, CTO
HANMI BANK
"The benefit of Varonis, from a cybersecurity ops and incident response perspective, is that right after implementation it is going to do those correlations and provide the immediate visibility you need."
Ruben Justiniano, Data Security Engineer
VACU
"Varonis saves time and makes my job easier."
Wout Molemans, Senior Systems Engineer
MAXIMA MC
"The level of governance and insight provided by Varonis empowered our team to detect and respond to abnormalities as well as user activity and misconfigurations."
Al Faella, CTO
PROSPECT CAPITAL
"It’s obvious Varonis is innovating at a rapid pace. They’re being very, very aggressive and making improvements to the platform that I can see on a week-to-week basis. It’s pretty amazing."
Beau Monday, CISO
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
"We went from about 200 to 300 alerts a day down to 15 to 30. Alerts take time to process. So if there are less, that’s better for me."
Marcel Huisman, System Administer
G-STAR RAW
"The decision to invest in Varonis has improved our data visibility to a degree we couldn’t achieve manually."
Chris Jessup, Information Systems Security Officer
ANGLIAN WINDOWS LTD.
"We were able to quickly identify what sensitive data we had stored. Everything was clearly labeled — PII, PCI, GDPR, etc."
Shane Barry, IT Security Manager
PIZZAEXPRESS
"The best part of Varonis for me, as a CIO — I can automate a lot of the tasks that we need to do."
Jonathan Reich, CIO
CITY OF GAINESVILLE
"Varonis shows you security weaknesses you didn’t think you had. And you can’t fix what you don’t know."
Michael Trofi, CISO
CULTURAL INSTITUTION
"The transition to Varonis’ cloud-native Data Security Platform was completely transparent, smooth, and magical. It was also cost-effective and functionality effective."
Senior Team Member
FORTUNE 500 COMPANY
"We’re not having to manage databases or software upgrades. That’s all handled by Varonis. And if we find we need to expand our capabilities, it’s simple to set that up."
CISO
U.S. COUNTY
"Varonis helps us prove that we’re doing the right thing in client audits. It also helps me communicate the importance of data governance, data security, and an improved security posture to the board."
Michelle Griffey, Chief Risk Officer
COMMUNISIS
"I know that I can pick up the phone and call Varonis any time. Their context and insights provide comfort for my team."
Head of Information Security
LEADING LAW FIRM
"Varonis is the only company that we've researched that can come in and analyze all the data. Whether it be GDPR, PCI, HIPAA, all the compliance guidelines, they actually have it built in."
Thadeus Monrose, Cyber Security Administrator
CHENEY BROTHERS, INC.
"Varonis has meant a lot for our organization. They were able to detect an incident that happened in our environment where other tools that we had in place did not detect it."
Montrey Jackson, Director of Infrastructure & Security
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS
"We are less likely to have breaches now because anyone acting maliciously, they're only going to be able to access a small number of folders compared to the millions they would have been getting to previously."
Steve Tyrrell, Information Governance Officer
ZURICH INSURANCE
"Varonis is a one-stop shop. It does it all and wraps it up in basic or detailed reports, depending on whom you’re presenting the information to."
John Kearney, IT Manager at Exela
EXELA PHARMA SCIENCES
"Varonis is extremely good at catching a lot of these anomalous events that most other cybersecurity providers will not catch."
Tony Hamil, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
REAL ESTATE COMPANY
"Having Varonis’ eyes on our infrastructure to ensure we’re not missing anything has been huge."
Ken Christman, Director of IT
MACKENZIE
"Varonis enables me to provide reassurance that our data is looked after and audited properly."
Ian Siggers, Infrastructure Services Manager
KMPT
"Varonis gives us an overall lens into our data. It’s the place we go to see how systems interact with each other and who is accessing them."
Cody Henschel, Director of Information Technology
SAANICH SCHOOL DISTRICT
"Varonis gives me hard data to present to our board of directors and the ability to identify where we have issues that we need to address for compliance purposes."
Brett Brickey, CIO
TPMG
"We measure Varonis’ value and benefit in risk reduction over time. The more you reduce risk, the more time you get to spend on proactive activity rather than reacting to new emergencies."
Deborah Haworth, Director of Information Security
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
"I would definitely recommend Varonis because it’s very user-friendly, it works, and the team is great."
Navneeth Naidu, CTO
HANMI BANK
"The benefit of Varonis, from a cybersecurity ops and incident response perspective, is that right after implementation it is going to do those correlations and provide the immediate visibility you need."
Ruben Justiniano, Data Security Engineer
VACU
"Varonis saves time and makes my job easier."
Wout Molemans, Senior Systems Engineer
MAXIMA MC
"The level of governance and insight provided by Varonis empowered our team to detect and respond to abnormalities as well as user activity and misconfigurations."
Al Faella, CTO
PROSPECT CAPITAL
"It’s obvious Varonis is innovating at a rapid pace. They’re being very, very aggressive and making improvements to the platform that I can see on a week-to-week basis. It’s pretty amazing."
Beau Monday, CISO
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
"We went from about 200 to 300 alerts a day down to 15 to 30. Alerts take time to process. So if there are less, that’s better for me."
Marcel Huisman, System Administer
G-STAR RAW
"The decision to invest in Varonis has improved our data visibility to a degree we couldn’t achieve manually."
Chris Jessup, Information Systems Security Officer
ANGLIAN WINDOWS LTD.
"Having Varonis’ eyes on our infrastructure to ensure we’re not missing anything has been huge."
Ken Christman, Director of IT
MACKENZIE
"Varonis enables me to provide reassurance that our data is looked after and audited properly."
Ian Siggers, Infrastructure Services Manager
KMPT
"Varonis gives us an overall lens into our data. It’s the place we go to see how systems interact with each other and who is accessing them."
Cody Henschel, Director of Information Technology
SAANICH SCHOOL DISTRICT
"Varonis gives me hard data to present to our board of directors and the ability to identify where we have issues that we need to address for compliance purposes."
Brett Brickey, CIO
TPMG
"We measure Varonis’ value and benefit in risk reduction over time. The more you reduce risk, the more time you get to spend on proactive activity rather than reacting to new emergencies."
Deborah Haworth, Director of Information Security
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
"I would definitely recommend Varonis because it’s very user-friendly, it works, and the team is great."
Navneeth Naidu, CTO
HANMI BANK
"The benefit of Varonis, from a cybersecurity ops and incident response perspective, is that right after implementation it is going to do those correlations and provide the immediate visibility you need."
Ruben Justiniano, Data Security Engineer
VACU
"Varonis saves time and makes my job easier."
Wout Molemans, Senior Systems Engineer
MAXIMA MC
"The level of governance and insight provided by Varonis empowered our team to detect and respond to abnormalities as well as user activity and misconfigurations."
Al Faella, CTO
PROSPECT CAPITAL
"It’s obvious Varonis is innovating at a rapid pace. They’re being very, very aggressive and making improvements to the platform that I can see on a week-to-week basis. It’s pretty amazing."
Beau Monday, CISO
PUNAHOU SCHOOL
"We went from about 200 to 300 alerts a day down to 15 to 30. Alerts take time to process. So if there are less, that’s better for me."
Marcel Huisman, System Administer
G-STAR RAW
"The decision to invest in Varonis has improved our data visibility to a degree we couldn’t achieve manually."
Chris Jessup, Information Systems Security Officer
ANGLIAN WINDOWS LTD.
"We were able to quickly identify what sensitive data we had stored. Everything was clearly labeled — PII, PCI, GDPR, etc."
Shane Barry, IT Security Manager
PIZZAEXPRESS
"The best part of Varonis for me, as a CIO — I can automate a lot of the tasks that we need to do."
Jonathan Reich, CIO
CITY OF GAINESVILLE
"Varonis shows you security weaknesses you didn’t think you had. And you can’t fix what you don’t know."
Michael Trofi, CISO
CULTURAL INSTITUTION
"The transition to Varonis’ cloud-native Data Security Platform was completely transparent, smooth, and magical. It was also cost-effective and functionality effective."
Senior Team Member
FORTUNE 500 COMPANY
"We’re not having to manage databases or software upgrades. That’s all handled by Varonis. And if we find we need to expand our capabilities, it’s simple to set that up."
CISO
U.S. COUNTY
"Varonis helps us prove that we’re doing the right thing in client audits. It also helps me communicate the importance of data governance, data security, and an improved security posture to the board."
Michelle Griffey, Chief Risk Officer
COMMUNISIS
"I know that I can pick up the phone and call Varonis any time. Their context and insights provide comfort for my team."
Head of Information Security
LEADING LAW FIRM
"Varonis is the only company that we've researched that can come in and analyze all the data. Whether it be GDPR, PCI, HIPAA, all the compliance guidelines, they actually have it built in."
Thadeus Monrose, Cyber Security Administrator
CHENEY BROTHERS, INC.
"Varonis has meant a lot for our organization. They were able to detect an incident that happened in our environment where other tools that we had in place did not detect it."
Montrey Jackson, Director of Infrastructure & Security
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS
"We are less likely to have breaches now because anyone acting maliciously, they're only going to be able to access a small number of folders compared to the millions they would have been getting to previously."
Steve Tyrrell, Information Governance Officer
ZURICH INSURANCE
"Varonis is a one-stop shop. It does it all and wraps it up in basic or detailed reports, depending on whom you’re presenting the information to."
John Kearney, IT Manager at Exela
EXELA PHARMA SCIENCES
"Varonis is extremely good at catching a lot of these anomalous events that most other cybersecurity providers will not catch."
Tony Hamil, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
REAL ESTATE COMPANY
"We were able to quickly identify what sensitive data we had stored. Everything was clearly labeled — PII, PCI, GDPR, etc."
Shane Barry, IT Security Manager
PIZZAEXPRESS
"The best part of Varonis for me, as a CIO — I can automate a lot of the tasks that we need to do."
Jonathan Reich, CIO
CITY OF GAINESVILLE
"Varonis shows you security weaknesses you didn’t think you had. And you can’t fix what you don’t know."
Michael Trofi, CISO
CULTURAL INSTITUTION
"The transition to Varonis’ cloud-native Data Security Platform was completely transparent, smooth, and magical. It was also cost-effective and functionality effective."
Senior Team Member
FORTUNE 500 COMPANY
"We’re not having to manage databases or software upgrades. That’s all handled by Varonis. And if we find we need to expand our capabilities, it’s simple to set that up."
CISO
U.S. COUNTY
"Varonis helps us prove that we’re doing the right thing in client audits. It also helps me communicate the importance of data governance, data security, and an improved security posture to the board."
Michelle Griffey, Chief Risk Officer
COMMUNISIS
"I know that I can pick up the phone and call Varonis any time. Their context and insights provide comfort for my team."
Head of Information Security
LEADING LAW FIRM
"Varonis is the only company that we've researched that can come in and analyze all the data. Whether it be GDPR, PCI, HIPAA, all the compliance guidelines, they actually have it built in."
Thadeus Monrose, Cyber Security Administrator
CHENEY BROTHERS, INC.
"Varonis has meant a lot for our organization. They were able to detect an incident that happened in our environment where other tools that we had in place did not detect it."
Montrey Jackson, Director of Infrastructure & Security
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS
"We are less likely to have breaches now because anyone acting maliciously, they're only going to be able to access a small number of folders compared to the millions they would have been getting to previously."
Steve Tyrrell, Information Governance Officer
ZURICH INSURANCE
"Varonis is a one-stop shop. It does it all and wraps it up in basic or detailed reports, depending on whom you’re presenting the information to."
John Kearney, IT Manager at Exela
EXELA PHARMA SCIENCES
"Varonis is extremely good at catching a lot of these anomalous events that most other cybersecurity providers will not catch."
Tony Hamil, Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
REAL ESTATE COMPANY
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At Varonis, we protect your data first. Not last.
Our data-centric cybersecurity approach focuses on automatically solving data risks for you, where others only give you alerts and busy work.
No matter where your data is, keep it protected, with Varonis.