Item: Varonis Data Security Platform
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We're started using Varonis more than 6 years ago, primarily its file server auditor features, to log file server actions such as file/folders read, write, moving, deletion, etc. It's surely an important tool to have when you have file server incidents. Like some department folders 'disappearing' and the manager or department's head demanding to know who was responsible. We had some incidents like that and Varonis really proved its value. It has native integration to a wide range of storage/NAS/fileservers. In our case, we use Netapp storage and it integrates to it through Netapp's native "policies." It works really well! Varonis can also be used to manage permissions and to find access "anomalies," for example, if a user starts to read/write a large amount of data at the same time (it could be an infected computer running a ransomware attack).

Pros and Cons

Native integration to Netapp storage (and to others, but we use a Netapp).
Files/folders access logs (read/write/move/modify, etc.).

Due to the large amount of logs it keeps, it can be really slow to search.
It's console could be more user-friendly and intuitive. Maybe web-based. Why not?

Most Important Features

File/folders auditing: This is why we bought it in the first place.

Return on Investment

It helped us during critical incidents where we were able to identify who was responsible for certain actions on the file server.

Alternatives Considered

Actually, we didn't expend much time evaluating other file auditing platforms. We chose Varonis just after a serious incident and we had already heard about Varonis at a Netapp event. So it was an easy choice. We called Varonis and asked them for a PoC, that's it. The PoC became a production and it is running until this day.

Key Insights

Do you think Varonis Data Security Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Varonis Data Security Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Varonis Data Security Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Varonis Data Security Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Varonis Data Security Platform again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

For sure it is well suited for companies that need to keep track of their data and that are willing to pay for it. It does an excelent job of monitoring the file's access, with zero impact on Storage's performance. Sometimes it is not enough to be able to restore the data. Sometimes in critical incidents, managers and heads demand to know who caused it. Thanks to Varonis we were able to give them this information easily and in a short time.

A must-have file/folder auditing platform

Overall Satisfaction with Varonis Data Security Platform