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July 1, 2008
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Ponemon study shows dearth of corporate data ownership rules, user monitoring policies
by Brian Fonseca…About 76% said their companies have no process in place to control which employees can access specific unstructured data. Such unchecked access could expose internal security gaps and increase the potential for misuse of data, the study notes. Varonis Systems, Inc., a maker of data governance software, funded the survey…
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February 19, 2008
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Data governance expands to the UNIX world
by Linda MusthalerWhen I wrote about the DatAdvantage data governance solution from Varonis Systems last summer, I mentioned that a UNIX version of the solution would be forthcoming. Well, it’s now available, and any company that keeps any sort of data in unstructured formats in a UNIX environment should have a look. It’s one more way to protect the assets you hold in unstructured data...
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February 13, 2008
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Reducing MP3 copyright risks (Technology Update)
by Johnnie KonstantasMP3 music files likely take up a nontrivial amount of a corporation's shared file-server resources. This not only constitutes misuse of corporate resources but also, at its worst, could expose the company to copyright-infringement violations for inadvertent housing of illegally obtained MP3 files…
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October 16, 2007
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EMC tackles inappropriate access to its own data
by Jon Brodkin…Naturally, this state of affairs gave some EMC employees permission to access files they shouldn't be allowed to see or don't need. So EMC began using DatAdvantage, a data access control and auditing tool made by Varonis Systems, a vendor that's also one of EMC's business partners…
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July 23, 2007
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Varonis unveils data access software, increased search capability
by Deni ConnorVaronis Systems, a software vendor that visualizes and analyzes users' access privileges to data, rolled out a new version of its software today that adds enhanced search capabilities and scalability, as well as increased reporting and auditing capability…
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April 11, 2007
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10 enterprise software companies to watch
Varonis' product gives organizations control over unstructured data, such as PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and spreadsheets. "About 85% of . . . the data in most companies takes unstructured form," says Johnnie Konstantas, vice president of marketing. "We have created a solution that essentially tells organizations who is accessing that data, and what they're doing when they access it.