Varonis Announces Partnership With Pure Storage

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Varonis Systems (NASDAQ: VRNS) has announced a strategic partnership with Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) to enhance data security and cyber resilience. As the first data security company to natively integrate with Pure Storage, Varonis will provide AI-powered security solutions for Pure Storage's FlashArray and FlashBlade systems.

The partnership combines Varonis' intelligent data security capabilities with Pure Storage's immutable snapshots technology to deliver three key functionalities:

• Real-time sensitive data discovery and classification
• Automated reduction of data exposure through permission management
• AI-powered threat detection with 24/7/365 incident response through Varonis MDDR

This collaboration aims to help organizations protect their unstructured data, prevent breaches, and ensure rapid recovery after cyber incidents. Both companies are recognized industry leaders, with Pure Storage being a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Platforms and Varonis being a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025.

Positive

• First data security company to achieve native integration with Pure Storage
• Expansion into AI data security market through strategic partnership
• Addition of 24/7/365 incident response capabilities through MDDR service
• Recognition as Leader in Forrester Wave for Data Security Platforms Q1 2025

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• None.

Data security and storage leaders join forces to protect data and prevent breaches in today’s top storage platform

MIAMI and SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS) today announced a new partnership with Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), a leading provider of advanced data storage technology and services. As the first data security company to natively integrate with Pure Storage, Varonis enables customers to proactively secure their sensitive data, detect threats, and comply with evolving data and AI privacy rules.

Pure Storage enhances cyber resilience with immutable snapshots that allow rapid recovery after a cyber incident. Together, Varonis and Pure Storage deliver a powerful data security and cyber resilience solution that helps prevent data breaches and provides rapid recovery in the event of a disaster.

By partnering, Varonis’ AI-powered platform enables Pure Storage customers to automatically:

• Discover and classify sensitive data. Varonis scans data in Pure Storage FlashArray and FlashBlade systems in real time, matching classification results with identities, permissions, and activity to identify and fix exposed or at-risk data.
• Reduce data exposure. Varonis maps complex permissions, such as nested groups and inheritance, right-sizes access, and automatically fixes excessive permissions, like removing over-privileged access.
• Detect and stop threats. Varonis uses AI and machine learning to analyze user behavior to detect threats, suspicious activity, and malicious insiders. With Varonis Managed Data Detection and Response (MDDR), Pure Storage customers can extend their teams with a 24x7x365 incident response SLA.
  

“Ensuring the security of data — and the data powering AI — is challenging and critical,” said Varonis EVP of Engineering and CTO David Bass. “More and more customers rely on Pure Storage to harness the full potential of their AI data, from ingestion to inference. Customers love Pure Storage, and we are thrilled to partner to ensure that they can innovate with AI securely.”

“In a world where ransomware risk continues to rise, ensuring data security and resilience is more critical than ever,” said Pure Storage VP of Enterprise Growth and Solutions Dan Kogan. “With this partnership, Pure Storage and Varonis are empowering organizations to proactively secure critical and sensitive data, detect threats, and recover rapidly from cyber incidents. By combining Pure Storage's layered resilience approach and indelible snapshots with Varonis' intelligent data security, customers can confidently protect their unstructured data, mitigate risk, and maintain uninterrupted operations.”

Both companies have been recognized as industry leaders. Pure Storage is a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage Platforms. Varonis is a Leader and a Customer Favorite in The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025.

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About Varonis

Varonis (Nasdaq: VRNS) is the leader in data security, fighting a different battle than conventional cybersecurity companies. Our cloud-native Data Security Platform continuously discovers and classifies critical data, removes exposures, and detects advanced threats with AI-powered automation.

Thousands of organizations worldwide trust Varonis to defend their data wherever it lives — across SaaS, IaaS, and hybrid cloud environments. Customers use Varonis to automate a wide range of security outcomes, including data security posture management (DSPM), data classification, data access governance (DAG), data detection and response (DDR), data loss prevention (DLP), AI security, and insider risk management.

Varonis protects data first, not last. Learn more at www.varonis.com.

About Pure Storage

Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) delivers the industry's most advanced data storage platform to store, manage, and protect the world's data at any scale. With Pure Storage, organizations have ultimate simplicity and flexibility, saving time, money, and energy. From AI to archive, Pure Storage delivers a cloud experience with one unified Storage as-a-Service platform across on premises, cloud, and hosted environments. Our platform is built on our Evergreen architecture that evolves with your business – always getting newer and better with zero planned downtime, guaranteed. Our customers are actively increasing their capacity and processing power while significantly reducing their carbon and energy footprint. It's easy to fall in love with Pure Storage, as evidenced by the highest Net Promoter Score in the industry. For more information, visit www.purestorage.com.

Pure Storage, the Pure Storage P Logo, Pure Realize, Pure1, FlashBlade//EXA, and the marks in the Pure Storage Trademark List are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pure Storage Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. The Trademark List can be found at purestorage.com/trademarks. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Investor Relations Contact:
Tim Perz
Varonis Systems, Inc.
646-640-2112
investors@varonis.com

News Media Contact:
Rachel Hunt
Varonis Systems, Inc.
877-292-8767 (ext. 1598)
pr@varonis.com 

FAQ

What are the main benefits of the Varonis and Pure Storage partnership?

The partnership combines Varonis' AI-powered security with Pure Storage's immutable snapshots to provide real-time data classification, automated permission management, and 24/7 threat detection with rapid recovery capabilities.

How does Varonis (VRNS) integrate with Pure Storage's systems?

Varonis integrates natively with Pure Storage's FlashArray and FlashBlade systems to scan data in real-time, map permissions, and detect threats using AI and machine learning.

What security features does the Varonis (VRNS) and Pure Storage integration offer?

The integration offers automated sensitive data discovery, classification, permission management, threat detection, and 24/7/365 incident response through Varonis MDDR service.

How does the Pure Storage partnership enhance Varonis (VRNS) cyber resilience capabilities?

The partnership enhances cyber resilience by combining Pure Storage's immutable snapshots for rapid recovery with Varonis' AI-powered threat detection and data security features.