Robust and Very Practical
What do you like best about the product?
Really the integrity and robustness of the data
What do you dislike about the product?
They could improve the UI as it can be a bit confusing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Authentication problems.
Varonis Data Security Platform: Deep Visibility with a Steep Price of Entry
What do you like best about the product?
The most robust features are its highly detailed data discovery/classification and the visibility it provides into the exposed or wrongly permissioned data—teams get actionable insight into sensitive files, sharing patterns, and insider risk that would otherwise be unknown. Its analytics, automated alerting, and dashboards assist in prioritizing remediation and complying with regulations, thus security improvements become traceable. Users point out that its threat detection logic is of high quality and the feature that the on-prem and cloud data context can be unified is definitely a differentiation factor.
What do you dislike about the product?
it is frequently mentioned in negative reviews that the cost of the product is matching major points (sometimes is described as being too high for smaller/mid-market buyers), as well as that the initial complexity of deployment, tuning alerts, and data navigation can make teams overwhelmed with the amount of data before they have fully optimized it. Users also reveal that they suffer from some performance issues (especially with large on-prem datasets), alert noise during tuning, limitations in reporting/customization, and slow ticket response or support turnaround in some cases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Varonis is a solution that facilitates the process of understanding who has the access to sensitive and regulated data that is located, how it is used, and where it is actually used, in file shares which are located on-premises and also in cloud collaboration platforms. It also allows for the detection of excessive permissions, suspicious user activity, and the reduction of the risk of insider threats or data breaches. It enables security and compliance teams to save a great deal of time when they carry out audit readiness by automating discovery, classification, and remediation workflows. The proactive visibility and alerting that are provided give a safety net, which in turn means that the need for expensive incidents is reduced and compliance with frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS is guaranteed.
Varonis brings an easy to navigate dashboard to an emense amount of data
What do you like best about the product?
Varonis gives you clear data to both report on but also take action on.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a little overwhelming when you first start ingesting data and configuring alerts. but they have a great on-boarding team and will continue to work with you.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have data all over. Both on-prem and in the cloud. With varonis we're able to see and alert on data from anywhere within our environment.
Varonis technology is unmatched when put to the test!
What do you like best about the product?
The Varonis Data Security platform does not disappoint. It provides unmatched data classification and security that is accurate without the need for constant configuration changes to improve the classification.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can honestly state I don't have any dislikes about this product. It has met all our expectations and beyond. You get what you pay for and while this product comes at a cost it also provides quality performance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The DSP platform is assisting us with our data governance and provides continuous visibility into the locations of our sensitive data. Not only did we gain visibility where the data resides, but who has access to the data. With the visibility it allows us the ability to continually identify where permissions may need to be tightened. This platform has provided us the ability to continually reduce risk in our environment and maintain secure access to our data.
Varonis Review
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use, accuracy of reports, completeness of dashboard. The implementation process was absolutely awesome!!
What do you dislike about the product?
It is so comprehensive that it's easy to get lost in the weeds and sometimes difficult to find exactly what you need.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Closing security holes left by people sharing too much information outside the company. Monitoring user activity on our sensitive data.
Review of Varonis
What do you like best about the product?
The Varonis data security platform is very effective at identifying unusual activity across multiple sources and provides the necessary details to either take action ourselves or allow it to take action for us through automation. The ability to research who made changes to files or Active Directory is much better and quicker than we could do on our own. Their MDDR monitoring and incident response team gives us the confidence that our environment is being monitored 24x7.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing really comes to mind. They are not inexpensive, but you definitely get what you pay for.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is helping us with Active Directory management by identifying unusual activity, stale user and compute accounts, and other issues related to passwords and groups. It helps with data management by identifying stale data, both on premise and in the cloud, as well as over-exposed sensitive data.
Varonis: Visibility for data security
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to report on where data is living, the status, the access (and what AI is trying to touch) - the ease of navigating the UI and the ability to test changes to see what would be impacted and how. It also provides the ability to schedule reports for various things and it has automated responses to help secure the environment and data without manually responding to things (also provides ease of use for setting up items in Purview since they are all about data security and constantly updating their side as laws get updated)
What do you dislike about the product?
It's not the easiest to set up - there are a lot of moving parts that need to be done correctly for the service account to walk correctly - but their customer support is absolutely fantastic as are their engineers - which makes the stress of dealing with that much easier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
reporting on where data is, stale data, duplicate data, overexposure, auditing on when people do things and it this alone has helped us align with audits, removing unneeded or unused access and helped us clean up shared drives
Enables comprehensive data discovery and access governance
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case for Varonis Platform is data discovery, specifically for discovering sensitive data in our organization to protect it. We are looking for a solution that can scan our repositories to identify sensitive data and classify it as restricted or confidential based on our information security policy.
Additionally, we are considering its use for data security and risk assessment and managing and monitoring user activities and access permissions.
What is most valuable?
Varonis offers robust data access governance, allowing us to understand which sensitive data exists and who has access to it. It also allows us to manage access permissions. It is effective in threat management, discovery, classification, access integration, and access governance.
Varonis is excellent for scanning unstructured data sources like file shares, OneDrive, SharePoint, Azure Blob Storage, and S3s.
What needs improvement?
Varonis started as an on-premises solution and is transitioning to cloud. It hasn't fully moved yet, which is an area for improvement.
Varonis requires more access permissions for its core functions compared to competitors, which can be a concern for companies about data safety.
The licensing cost of Varonis is high, which might be a drawback for mid-tier companies.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have experience with Varonis for three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the solution's stability as eight to eight point five out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate Varonis's scalability as eight to eight point five out of ten. It's a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support from Varonis is rated as nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
There have been instances where a company did not renew the Varonis license due to its high cost. In such cases, they may switch to other tools that are cheaper, despite Varonis's capabilities.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not difficult since Varonis is a Windows-based setup. However, configuring a data source for scanning requires many access permissions, which can raise concerns about data safety. Varonis needs many access permissions compared to its competitors.
What about the implementation team?
We implement the tool and run scans, while different operations teams manage activities post-scan.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Varonis is known for its high licensing cost, which can include the cost of multiple servers required for its operations, called collectors. The total setup cost makes it a challenge for companies with a limited budget.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Companies may consider tools like BigID, Security AI, and others when evaluating alternatives to Varonis.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend Varonis to other businesses if their budget allows for it, as it offers great features and capabilities. Varonis suits companies focusing on unstructured data scanning, whereas competitors might be more suited for structured data.
I rate the overall solution as eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Enables us to ensure accuracy and proper access control
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution to provide safer access to the new user, and provide remediate access to the user.
What is most valuable?
The most important feature is remediation. In remediation support, there is no group permission. We'll go ahead and remediate the access from the Dell folder to the parent folder.
What needs improvement?
The remediation process can be improved. There will be no existing permission group for the McAfee channel domains. We can create a new permissions group for the required folder.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Varonis Datalert for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable but it lag sometimes.
I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution’s scalability is good.
I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
The response would be a little bit quicker.
How would you rate customer service and support?
How was the initial setup?
The deployment is moderate and requires technical assistance.
What other advice do I have?
Data protection means that when we restrict access to a group, such as for JetPass access, only those who need it will have support. If only you need access, we will ensure that only you can access it and no one else. In the future, if others need access, they can get approval from the concerned owners to activate it. This way, we can effectively protect the data.
With Active Directory, we can improve the remediation process. If a permission group is mapped, it can be cross-checked with Active Directory. We can ensure accuracy and proper access control.
Suppose a customer asks for access to a folder. In that case, we need to ask for the required level of access, such as read-only, write access, or download permissions. Based on this information, we will gather the necessary details and process the request accordingly.
I recommend the solution.
Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Monitors the accidental sharing of sensitive information and helps with data loss prevention
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for data loss prevention. The tool scans Google Drive documents to ensure nothing is overshared.
What is most valuable?
The solution ensures that users have not accidentally shared sensitive information with the wrong people or too many people. It monitors whether users have mistakenly shared something with an external party, the entire organization, or their personal Google account.
What needs improvement?
The solution's interface is a little complicated with regard to setting up filters and reports.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Varonis Platform for a couple of years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I didn’t face any issues with the solution’s stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Only a couple of security administrators use the tool in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
The solution provides good technical support.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup was easy. We also had good onboarding training from the provider.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Varonis Platform wasn't certainly the cheapest solution. However, I thought it was worth the money.
What other advice do I have?
We chose the solution because of its capabilities. Varonis did a proof of concept for us, giving us some very useful results. We thought the tool worked well and decided to use it. Varonis Platform is worth investigating, but users should also look at competitors in case they've caught up or if they are cheaper.
We have the tool alerting us to particular types of information. It looks for PII, credit card numbers, passport numbers, driver's licenses, etc. It also looks for passwords, which is really useful because people like to collect passwords and protect their documents. It flags those things, and we can have it immediately close off the sharing of files like that. We can also have it alert us, and we can follow up with the user.
The solution makes me more comfortable knowing that we have a safety net when people make mistakes. Earlier, we didn't know what people were doing with their data. We always wondered if people were sharing too much and if we were holding information we shouldn't be holding at all. We had no idea about those things. Varonis Platform lets us know the answers to those questions.
The onboarding provided helps new users try using the Varonis Platform. The tool is probably not very easy to figure out on your own, but the training provided is good.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Google
