David Gibson, Director of Strategist at Varonis comes across as a Lecturer before a packed-full student audience in a Lecture Theatre as he tried to give the team of Vigilance a preliminary introduction on the need to data protect at the just concluded InfoSecurity Europe 2012 held between April 24th-26th at Earl’s Court in London.
According to Gibson, data is an asset that needs protection, saying once an organization reaches 15 data is generated and shared. Often, questions which should lead an organisation to make an informed decision about securing data should begin with: Who is going to access the data; how do we make sure that sensitive data is not easily available to all? Why don’t we make sure they are in the right place?
Varonis he said realising that there is too much value in data asset began to ask the question: “Why don’t we treat it like any other asset?”
Varonis campaign for data governance is such that “We encourage people to try our software and initial introduction is free assessment. Then we let customers see the risk themselves after free assessment.”
Gibson added: “We show them opportunity to improve in order to reduce risks, leading to methodology to be adopted in data protection...authorization...only those authorized to access the data...our access activities should be audited, thus minimising access and virus.”
According to Gibson the Varonis Data Governance Suite collects data and processes it.
The Varonis Data Governance Suite, he said provides:
• Actionable intelligence about your data
• Workflow that directly involves business users and data owners
• Automation that reduces the burden on your organization's IT resource
Said he: “The Varonis Data Governance Suite provides organizations the ability to keep pace with their data, manage access entitlements efficiently and effectively, audit access to every file event, identify and involve data owners and find and classify sensitive and business critical data. Varonis offers a comprehensive and effective solution for data governance using a scalable and extensible metadata framework.”
With over 4, 500 installations worldwide, Varonis boats of over 1,400 customers which cut across the world's largest financial institutions, healthcare services organizations as well as leading energy, technology and manufacturing firms.
Gibson said users of Varonis data governance solutions vary greatly in size ranging from small and medium businesses to large multinational companies with thousands of employees and hundreds of terabytes of data, noting the size and breadth of implementations may vary greatly, the Varonis benefits he said remain the same: accurate and efficient data controls over all business data, including that which is critical, confidential, valuable and regulated.
About Varonis Systems
Varonis is the leader in unstructured and semi-structured data governance for file systems, SharePoint and NAS devices, and Exchange servers. Named a "Cool Vendor" in Risk Management and Compliance by Gartner and voted one of the "Fast 50 Reader Favorites" on FastCompany.com, Varonis has more than 4,000 installations worldwide. Based on patented technology and a highly accurate analytics engine, Varonis' solutions give organizations total visibility and control over their data, ensuring that only the right users have access to the right data at all times. Varonis is headquartered in New York, with regional offices in Europe, Asia and Latin America, and research and development offices in Hertzliya, Israel.