Partner POV | Varonis Named a Leader and Customer Favorite in The Forrester Wave™

This article was written and contributed by our partner, Varonis. 

Varonis is proud to be named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms Q1 2025 and be recognized across all three dimensions — with the strongest Current Offering, strongest Strategy, and the most recognition as a Customer Favorite. 

End-to-end data security 

Since 2005, Varonis has been protecting data in some of the largest and most complex data environments. As business has changed, we've expanded from protecting data in on-prem file shares to securing collaboration platforms, SaaS apps, databases, and cloud environments. We envisioned a data security platform that protected data end-to-end, no matter where it lived.  

We do this today with the strength of our full-featured platform and our expert teams who are laser-focused on delivering outcomes to customers, which earned us scores for strongest Current Offering, strongest Strategy, and Customer Favorite. 

Varonis' vision of harnessing deep data insights to automate remediation for data security outcomes stands out. Its demonstrated ability to execute, and approach to innovation and supporting services, reinforces its differentiation.

Strongest Current Offering 

Varonis received the highest score for Current Offering in Forrester's evaluation, earning the most 5 out of 5 scores of any vendor evaluated. 

Varonis earned top marks in key criteria, including: 

• Data Discovery
• Data Classification
• Data Threat and Risk Visibility
• Data Access Controls
• Reporting
• Investigations
• Manageability and Support
• Supplier Risk
• Vision
• Innovation
• Pricing Flexibility and Transparency
• Community
• Supporting Services and Offerings

The breadth of top-notch capabilities shows the strength of Varonis' full-featured platform. 

Top-Ranked Strategy 

In addition to earning the strongest Current Offering, Varonis also scored the highest on our Strategy. This includes our vision, our approach to innovation, and our product roadmap. 

Varonis' vision is to make data security effortless. Our promise to customers is, "no breaches, no fines, no effort." This vision drives our product innovation, our supporting products and services, and our customer support. 

According to the Forrester report, "Varonis' vision of harnessing deep data insights to automate remediation for data security outcomes stands out. Its demonstrated ability to execute and its approach to innovation and supporting services reinforce its differentiation." 

We aim to simplify data security for our customers and help them achieve outcomes by taking on as much work for them as possible. Dedicated Technical Account Managers work closely with customers to drive risk reduction, and our expert Incident Response analysts investigate and escalate alerts on our customers' behalf with our Managed Data Detection and Response (MDDR) offering. 

Customer Favorite 

This year, Forrester introduced a new element to their Wave report, called the Customer Favorite. This recognition, the strength of which is shown by rings around the vendor's placement, is for vendors who received exceptional customer feedback. 

Customers praise the careful, planned use of AI and automation, highlighting areas like workflow and data classification. They commend Varonis' support and both the IR and MDDR services

The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms Q1 2025

Not only did Varonis earn the Customer Favorite designation, but also received the most rings, showing the strongest customer feedback in the evaluation. 

No fines, no breaches, no effort. 

Varonis' leadership across all segments of The Forrester Wave™: Data Security Platforms, Q1 2025 is a clear indication of our expertise, innovation, and commitment to customer outcomes. With Varonis' powerful set of capabilities, customers can achieve outcomes with little to no effort.  

Varonis combines the ability to find data security risks, automatically fix the exposure it finds, and proactively alert and respond to potential threats. These capabilities together help customers avoid compliance violations and prevent data breaches, without burdening their team.