Insights from Varonis' Craig Mueller's on the rise in AI and the need for data security in the public sector.

Instead of using advanced tools or complex scripts, skilled threat actors infiltrate systems and steal data using the most effective weapon of all - words

Varonis Threat Labs profiles Salt Typhoon, an APT group that is responsible for a series of breaches targeting U.S. infrastructure and government agencies.

With massive amounts of healthcare data and life-or-death scenarios depending on accurate information, a solid data governance policy is critical.

Varonis eliminates risks, finds and remediates exposure, and detects anomalous behavior with the most complete Salesforce security product on the planet.

Varonis is recognized in The Forrester Wave™ for its strongest Current Offering and Strategy, receiving more 5/5 scores than any vendor evaluated.

Gen AI can boost productivity, but it requires a solid security plan. We've answered the top AI security questions to help you confidently enable AI in your org.

Moving to the cloud brings several benefits, but it also means dealing with new security issues.

Discover Varonis' latest features, including automated Google Workspace labeling, Azure Blob exposure remediation, Entra ID group remediation, and more.

Varonis' newest international data centers in India help customers comply with local regulatory frameworks and data privacy sovereignty rules.

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, cloud governance has emerged as a crucial framework for organizations using cloud technologies.

The risks associated with cloud environments are only growing. This blog highlights the basics of cloud security to secure data in the cloud.

Discover the risks of enabling Agentforce without proper data security and learn specific tactics to ensure a safe deployment.

Understand the security implications of employees using DeepSeek, such as shadow AI, and how your organization can immediately mitigate risks.

Discover Varonis' latest features, including recommendations for right-sizing access in AWS, new M365 remediation policies, and enhanced search management.

A new ransomware threat is targeting users of AWS S3 Buckets, which could be a lose-lose scenario for unprotected organizations.

Learn about recommended changes to the HIPAA Security Rule in the latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and discover how health organizations will be impacted.

Craig Mueller, VP of Federal at Varonis, compares how cybersecurity trends have evolved over time and why data should remain at the top of the list.

The AWS leader discusses generative AI's future and his role in stopping the first cybercriminal.

GigaOm, a leading analyst firm, recognizes Varonis for behavioral analytics, access security, service integration, & continued innovation in AI & automation.

Take these immediate actions to enhance your security posture significantly when creating a new AWS account.

Aaron Ansari, virtual CISO of Exela Pharma Sciences, shares his insights on proactive planning, organizational control, and what it takes to be an Ironman.

This blog examines AWS S3 bucket namesquatting, methods to address the issue, and how Varonis can prevent this and other data security problems in AWS.

Discover the power of Varonis' automated labeling and how it can be an important element in securing your sensitive data.

Discover Varonis' latest features, including support for Databricks and ServiceNow, automated threat responses, and more.

Mask data automatically in databases and data warehouses, including Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Snowflake.

Modern Data Security Platforms (DSP) must integrate identity risk and context for effective posture management, threat detection, and response.

AWS' new Resource Control Policies (RCPs) aim to improve control over resource access. However, organizations should approach implementation with caution.

This AWS vs Azure vs Google comparison evaluates these public cloud providers including pricing, computing, storage and other features.

Our latest research report examines cyberattacks reported in 2024, deep-diving into how they occurred, the consequences, and how you can protect your org.

Varonis now supports ServiceNow, enabling ServiceNow customers to secure their sensitive data, prevent breaches, and comply with regulations.

Learn why threats to the cybersecurity space might not be as advanced as they seem and gain strategic advice on developing your security plan.

Secure sensitive data in Databricks at scale with deep visibility, proactive remediation, and active threat detection using Varonis, a unified Data Security Platform.

Learn new, advanced phishing tactics being used by attackers and how your organization can combat them.

Discover Varonis' latest features, including Google Cloud support, Database masking, AWS access graph, and more.

Varonis’ support for Google Cloud brings a unified and automated data security approach to major cloud providers.

Discover and classify sensitive data stored in MongoDB with pinpoint accuracy to properly identify and secure critical information.

Cybersecurity in the healthcare sector is crucial. Learn strategies to strengthen your security posture with these insights.

Varonis discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2024-10979) in the Postgres trusted language extension PL/Perl that allows setting arbitrary environment variables in PostgreSQL session processes.

Discover and protect critical data stored in Azure databases with Varonis' industry-leading cloud data security.

The new organizational messages feature for Microsoft 365 enhances how IT and security teams communicate with users at scale, but also generates risks.

Tighten your cloud security posture with the ability to automatically visualize the AWS blast radius and cut off access paths to data.

Discover Varonis' latest features, including new automated remediation policies, Box Zones support, autonomous database classification, and more.

The Salesforce pro discusses how security has evolved and the surprising characteristic unique to the cybersecurity field

Discover how to apply the new NIST CSF 2.0 to Microsoft 365 Copilot and how Varonis can help.

Discover how Tampa General Hospital safely deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot to tackle administrative tasks with Varonis.

The Salesforce leader emphasizes the importance of securing sensitive healthcare data

With breaches on the rise, it’s crucial to make cybersecurity a priority. Follow these preventative cybersecurity tips for stronger security practices.

We’ve compiled the most important cybersecurity stats and trends regarding cybersecurity, so institutions can keep their sensitive data safe and secure.

The Microsoft CTO discusses emerging threats and the challenges of cloud migration.

Understand the risk of Large Language Models (LLMs) to your cloud security and why it's important to be cautious when adopting new technologies.

A series of vulnerabilities in OpenPrinting CUPS Software indicates an attack vector for RCE, one of the worst possible consequences for a vulnerability.

Discover Varonis' latest features, including Salesforce high-risk permissions remediation, SIEM and ticketing integrations, and expanded database coverage.

Understand a threat actor's mindset to strengthen your security posture with mitigation tips from Varonis' forensic experts.

The Salesforce leader shares insights on DLP, supporting security teams, and essential cybersecurity principles

Identify and automatically remediate high-risk Salesforce permissions to reduce risk and improve your SaaS security posture.

Varonis Threat Labs uncovered a vulnerability in Salesforce's public link feature that threat actors could exploit to retrieve sensitive data.

Mike Taylor, the Hospital Ship Joint Task Director at the U.S. Department of Defense, shares his responsibilities in securing the USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort and challenges the conventional views of military ships.

Yohan Kim, Distinguished Security Technical Architect for Salesforce, gives insight into AI functionality and customer sentiments on Varonis' Speed Data show.

Discover the key use cases for data security posture management (DSPM) and why this framework is only one part of a holistic data security approach.

Varonis enables organizations to identify and remediate misconfigured Salesforce Site guest permissions that expose sensitive data publicly.

Discover the challenges the new SEC cybersecurity guidelines present for your CISO and learn tips on how to handle them at your organization.

Learn more about Varonis’ new AI data classification, EDR integrations, MDDR executive dashboard, Azure permissions analysis, and more.

Discover how a recent data extortion campaign exposed sensitive files in thousands of AWS environments and what you can do to prevent it from happening to you.

Aflac CISO Tim Callahan shares his favorite aspects of cybersecurity and what challenges him the most.

An overview of the world’s first comprehensive AI regulation, its compliance requirements, and how to prevent penalties of up to €35 million ($38 million).

Varonis now integrates with leading EDR providers Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and SentinelOne, expanding our MDDR visibility to customers’ endpoints.

Varonis' new LLM-driven data scanning gives customers a deeper business context with unmatched precision and scale.

Learn more about Varonis’ New NoSQL database support and expanded Salesforce exposure remediations.

The VP and Distinguished Engineer at Query explains what most organizations get wrong about cloud security.

Updates and recovery steps for the Windows blue screen of death (BSOD) issue currently affecting devices and VMs running CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor.

Discover real-world examples of remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool exploits and how to protect your organization from these attacks.

Varonis and Microsoft forged a new strategic collaboration to help organizations safely harness one of the most powerful productivity tools on the planet — Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365.

Jon Densmore, the CISO for First Mutual Holding Company, shares the best way to prepare for a breach.

AI tools like Salesforce Agentforce, formerly known as Einstien Copilot, can improve efficiency but also expose you to risk without proper security.

A critical vulnerability in OpenSSH's server, dubbed 'regreSSHion,' raises the risk of remote code execution with root privileges.

Assessing your security posture before deploying gen AI tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a crucial first step.

Varonis announces "in process" status for FedRAMP® authorization, continuing to provide robust data security solutions for agencies and public-sector organizations nationwide.

Use webhooks to easily integrate Varonis’ unique, data-centric insights into your security stack to consolidate monitoring and enhance security workflows.

This month, we released new updates designed to help you accelerate security workflows, automate your DSPM efforts, and manage shadow databases.

Salesforce's Rachel Beard discusses why insider threats may not always have ill intentions and why security in the CRM is crucial.

Identify and prevent the creation of Salesforce public links and reduce your blast radius with Varonis.

Data security posture management (DSPM) has emerged as a standard for securing sensitive data in the cloud and other environments. However, without automation, DSPM doesn’t stand a chance. Automation is crucial to overcoming the challenges of securing data in the cloud.

Varonis for AWS now supports Amazon Redshift, enabling organizations to ensure their critical data warehouses are secure.

New automation remediates public exposure and removes stale users, roles, and access keys in AWS, cementing Varonis as the only Data Security Platform with active DSPM capabilities.

Varonis now enables organizations to close significant security gaps by discovering and remediating “shadow” databases across AWS environments.

The Group Director of Operations Support for Jacobs shares his insights based on years of experience in the field.

Varonis and Jeff Pollard, Forrester Security and Risk Analyst, share insights into how to securely integrate generative AI into your organization.

Varonis leads the DSPM market with more reviews than any other vendor, more verified five-star ratings, and the highest overall product score.

Recent data breaches of prominent Snowflake cloud customers highlight the risks of compromised cloud storage accounts.

Learn what data security posture management (DSPM) is and isn't, why it’s important, how it works, and how to evaluate DSPM solutions.

Learn how the broad use of gen AI copilots will inevitably increase data breaches, which Varonis' Matt Radolec shared in an RSA Conference 2024 Keynote session.

Varonis brings a UI refresh, easier policy management, expanded automated remediation capabilities in AWS, automation rollback, and privacy automation.

Bob Blythe talks about the virtual CISO market, gen AI, and where the future of tech is headed.

K–12 schools, school districts, and universities rely on Varonis to combat threat actors, prevent breaches, and continuously improve their data security posture.

The leading source for channel news honored three Varonis team members.

Alexis Bonnell, CIO for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, shares her thoughts on the relationship between knowledge and AI.

Learn what you need to be aware of when evaluating a DSPM solution, why IaaS automation is crucial, and how you can prepare your org for the future of DSPM.

Varonis for Microsoft 365 Copilot is the industry's first purpose-built cybersecurity solution to secure Microsoft’s AI-powered productivity tool before and after deployment.

Dropbox Sign's recent data breach highlights how non-human identities are driving more profound breaches.

Understand the different data classification offerings available, why traditional efforts fail, and what top 5 elements to consider when choosing a vendor.

Learn more about Varonis for Microsoft 365 Copilot, new security posture reporting, and more about our new MDDR service.

Doug Merrett of Platinum7 shares his thoughts on the importance of education, philanthropy, and realistic expectations in the tech world.

Is Microsoft Copilot worth the investment? Varonis experts weigh in on the ROI of the powerful generative AI tool based on Forrester Research's latest study.

Stop configuration drift in your environment with Varonis' automated data security posture management platform.

Palo Alto Networks issued a warning on April 12, 2024, that a critical, unpatched vulnerability in their PAN-OS firewall is being actively exploited.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) issued an alert this week warning Sisense customers of a data breach. Here's what you need to know.

Varonis Field CTO Brian Vecci chats about enhancing digital integrity for state and local governments in the age of AI.

Bryan Chnowski, Deputy CISO for Nuvance Health, explains why one of the most significant cybersecurity risks on the horizon is the shortage of workers.

Varonis Threat Labs discovered two techniques in SharePoint that allow users to circumvent audit logs and avoid triggering download events while exfiltrating files.

While the XZ backdoor is scary, most companies learned from SolarWinds

Discover what sessions, events, and activities should be added to your RSA Conference 2024 agenda.

CISO Mark Burns shares cybersecurity knowledge amassed over 25 years, the pros and cons of gen AI, how to protect data, and why compromise is key.

Varonis unveiled updates designed to help you detect and investigate threats, improve your Salesforce and Azure security posture, and streamline your data discovery requests.

XDR and MDR offerings are threat-focused and leave you data-blind. Varonis MDDR helps mitigate complex threats to your most valuable asset: data.

A recent surge in activity targeting Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) involves chaining two vulnerabilities that give threat actors the ability to execute arbitrary commands remotely.

Discover what simple prompts could expose your company’s sensitive data in Microsoft Copilot.

See how Salesforce Agentforce's (formerly Einstein Copilot) security model works and the risks you must mitigate to ensure a safe and secure rollout.

Understand the different types of DSPM solutions, avoid common pitfalls, and ask questions to ensure you purchase a data security solution that meets your unique requirements.

Ian Hill, the Director of Information and Cybersecurity for Upp Telecommunications, offers his take on AI and the future of tech, shares his tricks for a good cyber defense, and explains why the best-laid plans of mice and security professionals often go astray.

To avoid significant security gaps and risks to sensitive data, organizations need to understand the shared responsibility model used by many SaaS providers.

Varonis MDDR introduces a new 24x7x365 threat detection and response service built to stop data breaches.

Dr. David Ulloa, Chief Security Information Officer at IMC Companies, shares the best line of defense against a sophisticated threat actor.

Improve your data security posture management efforts with this month's updates to the Varonis Data Security Platform.

Varonis is teaming up with Marsh McLennan Agency. Together, we'll help organizations improve their cyber resilience with industry-leading DSPM solutions.

Varonis' threat researchers identified high- and critical-severity vulnerabilities in Apex, a programming language for customizing Salesforce instances.

Varonis' new DSPM report reveals that typical companies are widening their blast radius by oversharing permissions, excess ghost users, lack of MFA, and more.

Dr. Dalal Alharthi talks about the importance of organizations anticipating a breach and seeing the world through the eyes of an attacker.

Discover the strategy behind Varonis' rebrand that involved a full transition to a hero archetype and the introduction of Protector 22814.

Varonis’ least privilege automation capabilities now remove public Salesforce links automatically.

Cofounder of the nonprofit Whole Cyber Human Initiative, Leah McLean, shares her advice for recruiting teams looking for cybersecurity superstars and why it’s so important for women to have representation in tech.

This month brings you a fresh set of updates designed to improve your cybersecurity journey.

Integrate Varonis with virtually any network-connected database to discover and classify sensitive data at scale with pinpoint accuracy.

Varonis extends DSPM coverage to Snowflake, providing enhanced visibility and data security for critical Snowflake data.

Varonis Threat Labs discovered a new Outlook exploit and three new ways to access NTLM v2 hashed passwords.

Tempo Technology Services' John Mason shares why strong cybersecurity in healthcare is so critical and how organizations can combat malicious actors.

Varonis is proud to be named a Leader in GigaOm’s first-ever Radar Report for Data Security Platforms.

Hannah DeWane at Varonis shares her day-to-day world of security audits and the wonderful world of risk management.

Learn more about data security posture management, AI security risks, compliance changes, and more to prepare your 2024 cybersecurity strategy.

This month brings you several new features to help security teams manage and secure their critical cloud data.

We’ve gained massive insight from our conversations with CISOs and other cybersecurity leaders. Now, we're passing along their wisdom to you.

The Varonis Data Security Platform can now be found on the Salesforce AppExchange

Varonis' Justin Wilkins and Trevor Brenn highlight the importance of data security for the federal sector, the risks of gen AI, and more.

Enjoy this step-by-step guide showing you how to deploy generative AI tools safely with Varonis.

Varonis is expanding its IaaS coverage to AWS databases and Azure Blob Storage, strengthening the CSPM and DSPM pillars of our Data Security Platform.

Executive in Residence for the Catholic University of America Mark Weber shares tips for mentoring future cybersecurity professionals.

Discover how you can proactively reduce your email attack surface, stop data exfiltration, and curb gen AI risk with accurate and automated email security.

Using Athena AI, the new gen AI layer for Varonis, natural language, customers can conduct in-depth security investigations and analyses more efficiently.

As a leader in data security, Varonis is proud to be rated No. 1 in Gartner’s Data Security Posture Management category.

This month, Varonis’ Data Security Platform gets new features for accelerating investigations, improving your email security posture, and enabling Zero Trust in hybrid environments.

Illena Armstrong shares her advice for future executives, discusses the importance of teamwork, and explains why empathy is powerful for leaders.

Discover how your business can prepare and protect your sensitive data from the risks that generative AI presents.

Explore the essential roles of DSPM and CSPM solutions, and see how Varonis uniquely enables you to bridge the gap between cloud and data security.

Michelle Griffey, Chief Risk Officer for Communisis, shares the importance of asking for help and how the widespread adoption of AI is a good and bad thing.

Conducting a Data Risk Assessment can help your organization map its sensitive data and build out a comprehensive security strategy. Here's how to perform it.

Explore how Varonis' free Data Risk Assessment works and what makes it the most advanced DRA in the industry. Ensure your data is protected today.

Scott Godes, Insurance Recovery Litigator for Barnes & Thornburg LLP, chats about the importance of cyber insurance, and how data privacy has evolved.

We're excited to announce the opening of our data center in Toronto to support new customers and existing customers moving to Varonis' SaaS offering.

Varonis can help you achieve compliance and implement the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 (CMMC) program to safeguard cybersecurity across the government’s DIB.

Siwar El Assad chats about the impact of cybersecurity on modern society, the reality of breaches, and how a chance encounter led Siwar to the industry.

DSPM is the leading acronym in cybersecurity. However, the recent buzz has cluttered the meaning of data security posture management. Let's demystify it.

Varonis now integrates with Salesforce Shield to provide deep visibility into Salesforce and help organizations secure their mission-critical data.

Rick Howard, author, journalist, and Senior Fellow at the CyberWire, chats about his new book on rebooting cybersecurity principles with Varonis' Megan Garza.

Threat and data breach reports can help organizations manage security risks and develop mitigation strategies. Learn our three pillars of effective data protection and the benefits from these reports.

Discover how Salesforce professionals and security teams can combat the most concerning risks in their environments.

Insider threats are difficult for organizations to combat. Varonis’ modern cybersecurity answer uses the data security triad of sensitivity, access, and activity to combat threats.

Building networks with military, civilian, and intelligence community leaders is just part of AJ’s day-to-day as the Business Development Executive for the Varonis Department of Defense team.

UK expansion will help Varonis customers demonstrate compliance with the U.K.’s Data Protection Act.

Learn the most significant gains of gen AI and what security risks you should be concerned with before deploying AI tools at your org.

Over the last 10 years, the role of the CISO has become pretty complex. By the end of this blog you'll have a solid 90-day plan to step into a new CISO role.

Kieron Newsham, Chief Technologist of Cybersecurity for Softcat, shares how his military background helps him in his role and his passion for security.

This article describes how Microsoft 365 Copilot's security model works and the risks that must be considered to ensure a safe rollout.

This month brings you several new features to help security teams enforce Zero Trust across their cloud and on-prem environments.

New SEC regulations change how public companies disclose hacks, breaches, and cyber incidents. Here’s everything you need to know.

This article explains the five steps you can take to see how prepared you are for a nefarious insider or an outside attacker that compromises an insider's account or computer.

Corbin Capital Partners CTO Justin Michael discusses the hot topic of ChatGPT. Justin leads guarding sensitive data for the leading asset management firm.

The “Storm-0978” ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched Microsoft Office and Windows HTML remote code execution vulnerability.

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to cloud security, but Varonis has laid out a blueprint to help guide you through the steps and start off strong.

Learn the difference between backup tools and true DSPs and what to look for when you’re choosing a DSP.

Jordan McClintick, Director of Data Governance and Privacy for Optiv, Inc. talks about how his law degree helps him in his current role in data privacy.

How we built our cloud-native SaaS platform for scalability and security—without taking any shortcuts.

Our latest State of Cybercrime episode examines the MOVEit vulnerability and its impact on victims, including federal government agencies.

This month brings more cloud security features to help you better govern your SaaS and IaaS security posture.

Learn best practices for managing and analyzing permissions in Salesforce and how the need for quick solutions can put your organizations data at risk.

Matt Radolec at Varonis discusses the future of cybersecurity, the rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS), and what security risks keep him up at night.

Varonis Threat Labs found a bug in Microsoft Visual Studio installer that allows an attacker to impersonate a publisher and issue a malicious extension to compromise a targeted system

Salesforce Ben and the Varonis team up to discuss Salesforce data classification best practices.

Varonis Threat Labs discovered improperly deactivated Salesforce 'ghost' Sites that are easily found, accessible, and exploitable by attackers.

Pat shared the four leadership rules he follows, what it takes to succeed in cybersecurity, and why he just might be “The Most Interesting Man in the World.”

Check out the new features that help security teams automatically enforce least privilege and uniformly apply sensitivity labels across their hybrid cloud and on-prem environments.

Continuous discovery and data monitoring critical to identify misplaced PII.

This article explains how automation can help turn the right information into action, helping to defend against cyberattacks, mitigate risk, shore up compliance and improve productivity.

Brian Krebs recently reported that an alarming number of organizations—including banks and healthcare providers—are leaking sensitive information due to a misconfiguration in Salesforce Communities.

Adopt a data-first approach with Varonis' SSPM, securing SaaS apps and reducing risk. Learn how you can get better visibility, automation, and protection.

Varonis reduces your SaaS attack surface by discovering and remediating risky third-party app connections.

Master Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) best practices with our CISOs' guide. Learn to select the right tool, maintain compliance, and prevent data breaches.

Varonis has compiled the top RSAC sessions you won’t want to miss. Follow our handy agenda to take advantage of everything RSAC 2023 has to offer.

Australian expansion allows Varonis customers to achieve automated data security outcomes while following national standards for data privacy.

Explore the Varonis data security roadmap for modern protection, aiding 7,000+ CISOs in compliance and safeguarding valuable data.

The Varonis Incident Response team discusses recent global threat trends and shares why proactive IR is the future of data security.