Varonis Platform Reviews

We use it to manage storage systems. We can see who changes file names, folder names, deletes files, removes or adds permissions.

We can check modify permissions and file removals, and connect the Varonis Data Security Platform to our storage systems like NetApp.

When we add a filer to Varonis, there's a policy that automatically connects the SVM or CIFS shares. That's good. We can automatically add these without changes.

We can easily check logs and find out who modified a file or folder.

There is one thing that if I add something manually, I get so many alerts. That's the biggest bad thing. 

I have been using it for six years. 

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. It is stable for me. There are no issues, no bugs and no breakdown. 

It's included in three or four projects.

We never had any issues with scalability. We also have free training from Varonis on how to use it.

The customer service and support are good. 

The initial setup is easy. It is a good tool to manage storage and get snapshot backups.

For Varonis deployment it takes almost three to four hours.

The software updates automatically. We can check it in the manager. 

The pricing is good. It neither expensive nor cheap. It is average. 

I would like to recommend it. In one tool, we can see everything. We can check 180 days of files and see if anyone has made changes. 

There's also a 90-day policy where if a user is not using the warehouse, it will automatically delete that username.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We use the solution for data loss prevention. The tool scans Google Drive documents to ensure nothing is overshared.

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.

The solution's interface is a little complicated with regard to setting up filters and reports.

I have been using Varonis Platform for a couple of years.

I didn’t face any issues with the solution’s stability.

Only a couple of security administrators use the tool in our organization.

The solution provides good technical support.

The solution's initial setup was easy. We also had good onboarding training from the provider.

Varonis Platform wasn't certainly the cheapest solution. However, I thought it was worth the money.

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.

We use the solution to provide safer access to the new user, and provide remediate access to the user.

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.

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.

I have been using Varonis Datalert for three years.

The product is stable but it lag sometimes.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

The solution’s scalability is good.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

The response would be a little bit quicker.

Positive

The deployment is moderate and requires technical assistance.

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.

We use the product for auditing, and keeping track of shares. It ensures proper access control and monitors file creation, access by relevant users, and productivity analytics.

The solution has significantly improved data security and compliance posture by allowing us to track and monitor activities. We can see who accesses data and when files are created and understand what's happening in our environment.

We are primarily using the DatAdvantage feature, which is accessed through the web UI and DNS tools. This has been quite helpful for us. While we don't have licenses for other features at the moment. We are getting a POC to evaluate further.

It provides visibility into file access, allowing identification of unauthorized access. The cloud feature helps assess data exposure and recommends changes to secure data, preventing overexposure to the public. We are interested in the key feature that prevents overexposure, making sure that only authorized individuals have access. 

Having a centralized platform provides visibility, which proves beneficial given our constraints with a smaller team.

The tool's update process is not easy as compared to other tools.

The tool is stable. 

Varonis Platform is scalable. 

I have experience with the tool's update and it is complex. The process is not easy as compared to other tools. 

I rate Varonis Platform an eight out of ten. Currently, we're evaluating our environment and assessing tools to meet new needs. Netskope was brought in for specific reasons, and as we review its capabilities, I find similarities with the Varonis Platform. I'm interested in comparing the two to make an informed decision.

We use the solution's data alert, data advantage, and data classification modules. Its use case is similar to DLP. It helps to ensure that people don't move data to places they are not supposed to. 

Varonis Platform is transparent and captures everything in the environment without impacting the performance. The tool helps us unify data feeds into a single reporting system. 

The product is very complicated. 

I have been working with the product for eight years. 

I rate Varonis Platform's stability an eight out of ten. 

The tool is very scalable. 

I rate the tool's deployment a four out of ten. A team of two to three engineers helped us with the deployment. 

Varonis Platform is a comprehensive and mature product. It does more than it is intended to do. The tool is a huge time saver and a very valuable security asset. I rate it an eight out of ten. 

The main use cases are for its data alert, data advantage, and data classification modules. It allows us to keep track of the data motion, and ensure data security.

We found it to be very transparent and good at monitoring data access activities without impacting the performance. It can easily identify unusual behavior or access patterns that may pose a potential threat, while operating as a unified reporting system.

It is significantly complex. 

We have been using it for eight years now.

It offers good stability, I would rate it eight out of ten.

We found it to be very scalable.

Customer support experience has been highly satisfactory. I would rate it nine out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup was slightly complex. I would rate it four out of ten.

We found it to be a very comprehensive and mature product, offering good support. It efficiently does what it's intended to do by assisting in monitoring and reporting on sensitive data access, ensuring data governance. We found it to be a significant time saver and valuable security asset. I would rate it eight out of ten.

This solution informs us about who's moving data, whether accidentally or on purpose. If a mass folder deletion occurs or mass copying, master lateral movements, things like that, then this solution sends us an alert. We set up the alerts and this solution informs us of who's moving the data. Sometimes people drag and drop by mistake; this can move thousands of files and folders — depending on their size. If this happens, the system alerts us so we can correct it before it affects our users. We also use it for monetary purposes.

We use this solution to monitor all of our 16,000 users. Regarding the admin solution, we have around 10 users.

That alerting and reporting service is great. 

The troubleshooting capabilities could be improved. It has so many interconnected components. It connects with Active Directory, SharePoint, Exchange, and NetApp. Trying to troubleshoot all of these components can get very complicated — especially with NetApp. 

The GUI should be more functional. There should be a process for connecting through Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.

This solution is stable and reliable.

We expanded this solution in the past — it was a complex process. It cannot be done by an average user. To perform a full upgrade, you'll definitely require assistance from Varonis support.

The technical support is very good — very responsive. 

The initial setup was a bit complex. The average user wouldn't be able to do it. 

Deployment took between a week or two. The filtering, the fine-tuning; all of that takes a while. Plus, there is ongoing fine-tuning that has to take place after the initial setup. 

Licensing is on an annual basis. Maintenance and renewal fees are separate. Varonis Datalert is quite expensive. 

My advice to others interested in using this solution is to be very careful during the initial installation. Either purchase professional services assistance from a third party or get help from Varonis support. It's not a job that an average user can do. The slightest mistake can wind up costing you a lot of data. 

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine. 

I'm relatively new to this organization. I'm just comparing and contrasting ManageEngine Log360 and Varonis DatAlert. Both tools are rather new to me. I know that they're kind of looking at both. I don't know if they're going to want to maintain both. There seem to be some use cases to retain both. I think they've had DatAlert a little bit longer than Log360.

I've done a couple of webinars, but I haven't had a whole lot of time to just kind of dive into both of those. I'm still in the developmental stage, and I am evaluating both of these solutions. I am trying to compare apples to apples as to what they do and where their strengths and weaknesses lie to make sure that if we got rid of one, we weren't going to be missing out on something. 

On the Varonis side, technical support is phenomenal. Their ability to explain is very good, and they seem to be very knowledgeable. When I get an alert that doesn't quite make sense, they dive in there and kind of take me through it. That's very useful and very good. There are some false alerts, but it is better to have a false alert than no alert at all.

We have Microsoft Office 365. I just saw an article today which says that they're actually getting integrated with Microsoft Office 365, which would be a useful feature. 

For user-based reports, log on activity, and stuff like that, it doesn't seem to really be present like Log360. That could just be my inexperience with it. I've been dealing with it for only about two and a half months.

This tool is rather new to me. I've been dealing with it for only about two and a half months.

Their technical support is phenomenal.

I'm just comparing and contrasting ManageEngine Log360 and Varonis DatAlert. Log360 seems to do a little bit a better job on user-based awareness for running reports, and DatAlert seems to be doing a little bit better job on file share awareness. Log360 seems to actually be a full scene, and Varonis seems to integrate with scenes.

I would rate Varonis DatAlert a nine out of ten.