First, you need to understand your infrastructure. If you plan to onboard Varonis on-premises, you must check your local environment and its design, especially the Active Directory setup. You need to know if users, servers, and machines are in the system and whether there's one account or multiple accounts for monitoring and reporting. These are some basic things to understand before onboarding. Once you start onboarding your servers, you might encounter various issues, and you'll need privileged access to fix them. You also need to understand the nature of your business, the level of restrictions you want to implement, and the type of data you'll be dealing with. This understanding will help you segregate and classify your data based on sensitivity levels, such as confidential or highly confidential. You need some basic IT skills to use Varonis. It's not extremely difficult, but it's not plug-and-play either. There are technical aspects you need to understand, such as how it works and how things will fall into place. Overall, I would rate the solution a six out of ten because there are multiple competing products in the market, and Varonis lags behind in some areas.
The solution's classification engine is highly configurable and efficient. It provides good reporting and visualization, which is superior to previous tools like Microsoft's. The platform's data alerting capabilities and automation features for managing broken permissions are particularly notable. It offers robust automation capabilities, including global permission repair, broken access repairs, and data transport engine features for archiving and migration. The automation tools are useful for managing permissions and performing cleanup tasks efficiently. It provides strong reporting capabilities that help customers adhere to regulations and maintain compliance. Automating reporting is beneficial for maintaining robust governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) posture. It does incorporate some AI elements, particularly in its data alerting module. However, AI integration has yet to be the primary focus of my implementations. AI is expected to play a larger role in future enhancements. I recommend Varonis, particularly its effectiveness in performing data security remediation tasks. Despite its high cost, it is valuable for its capabilities and the lack of impact on end users. Overall, I rate it a nine out of ten.
I would like to recommend it. In one tool, we can see everything. We can check 180 days of files and see if anyone has made changes. There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Director of Cyber & Information Security at a government with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
2024-02-01T14:41:00Z
Feb 1, 2024
I rate Varonis Platform an eight out of ten. Currently, we're evaluating our environment and assessing tools to meet new needs. Netskope was brought in for specific reasons, and as we review its capabilities, I find similarities with the Varonis Platform. I'm interested in comparing the two to make an informed decision.
Varonis Platform is a comprehensive and mature product. It does more than it is intended to do. The tool is a huge time saver and a very valuable security asset. I rate it an eight out of ten.
Varonis Platform specializes in network security and data monitoring with modules for alerting, data classification, and access management, benefiting environments like Microsoft 365.Varonis is designed to secure data by auditing and tracking data movement. It leverages data alert and classification modules to identify and manage sensitive information. The platform enhances network security by alerting users to unexpected data modifications and deletions, crucial for effective data loss...
First, you need to understand your infrastructure. If you plan to onboard Varonis on-premises, you must check your local environment and its design, especially the Active Directory setup. You need to know if users, servers, and machines are in the system and whether there's one account or multiple accounts for monitoring and reporting. These are some basic things to understand before onboarding. Once you start onboarding your servers, you might encounter various issues, and you'll need privileged access to fix them. You also need to understand the nature of your business, the level of restrictions you want to implement, and the type of data you'll be dealing with. This understanding will help you segregate and classify your data based on sensitivity levels, such as confidential or highly confidential. You need some basic IT skills to use Varonis. It's not extremely difficult, but it's not plug-and-play either. There are technical aspects you need to understand, such as how it works and how things will fall into place. Overall, I would rate the solution a six out of ten because there are multiple competing products in the market, and Varonis lags behind in some areas.
The solution's classification engine is highly configurable and efficient. It provides good reporting and visualization, which is superior to previous tools like Microsoft's. The platform's data alerting capabilities and automation features for managing broken permissions are particularly notable. It offers robust automation capabilities, including global permission repair, broken access repairs, and data transport engine features for archiving and migration. The automation tools are useful for managing permissions and performing cleanup tasks efficiently. It provides strong reporting capabilities that help customers adhere to regulations and maintain compliance. Automating reporting is beneficial for maintaining robust governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) posture. It does incorporate some AI elements, particularly in its data alerting module. However, AI integration has yet to be the primary focus of my implementations. AI is expected to play a larger role in future enhancements. I recommend Varonis, particularly its effectiveness in performing data security remediation tasks. Despite its high cost, it is valuable for its capabilities and the lack of impact on end users. Overall, I rate it a nine out of ten.
I would like to recommend it. In one tool, we can see everything. We can check 180 days of files and see if anyone has made changes. There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username. Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.
I rate Varonis Platform an eight out of ten. Currently, we're evaluating our environment and assessing tools to meet new needs. Netskope was brought in for specific reasons, and as we review its capabilities, I find similarities with the Varonis Platform. I'm interested in comparing the two to make an informed decision.
Varonis Platform is a comprehensive and mature product. It does more than it is intended to do. The tool is a huge time saver and a very valuable security asset. I rate it an eight out of ten.