Why Proofpoint and Varonis share a bold vision for the agentic workspace.
AI is fundamentally reshaping the enterprise, creating unprecedented opportunity while redefining the role of cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity has evolved from securing networks and infrastructure to protecting people. AI is now driving the next fundamental shift: securing the data that powers AI and governing how AI agents and people interact with it. At the center of this transformation is data, powering increasingly capable AI models, decisions, and workflows that drive business innovation.
This changes the cybersecurity equation on two fronts. Outside the enterprise, attackers are using AI to launch faster, more sophisticated attacks targeting data and critical systems. Inside, organizations are deploying AI agents to augment employees, giving them unprecedented access to sensitive data and creating new insider risks.
As a result, Data Security – protecting data from compromise, loss, and misuse by people or AI agents – has become the defining priority for organizations seeking to realize AI's full potential.
That is why I am excited about today's announcement that Proofpoint has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Varonis.
Two Complementary Strengths. One Compelling Vision.
Proofpoint and Varonis bring together complementary capabilities that address these AI-era critical security challenges.
By integrating our capabilities, we intend to deliver one of the industry's most comprehensive data and AI security solutions, from data posture (DSPM) and access (DAG) to insider risk, DLP, and AI governance, setting a new industry standard for protecting sensitive information across the agentic workspace.
Our vision extends beyond just integrating technologies. By connecting what people and AI agents can access with how they interact with and use data, we intend to unify threat protection, data security, and AI governance.
For CISOs and CIOs, this also means stronger protection with less complexity and lower costs. Our goal is to simplify security operations, enable vendor consolidation, and free up resources for reinvestment in innovation, while maintaining open integrations across the broader cybersecurity ecosystem.
Intelligence and Protection at Machine Speed
AI agents can access, analyze, and move enormous volumes of data in seconds. Securing this new environment requires integrated intelligence and protection wherever data lives and moves, and wherever humans and AI agents interact with it – at the speed and scale of AI.
True differentiation starts with the depth and breadth of intelligence. Proofpoint's global scale includes 3.4 million customers, 2.37 trillion emails scanned annually, 410 billion data security events ingested, and more than 13,000 sensors across 105 countries. These powerful signals feed Proofpoint's Knowledge Graph, strengthening our AI models with deep intelligence into cyber threats, human behavior, and data risk.
Combined with Varonis' visibility into sensitive data, access privileges, and usage, we envision a powerful foundation for intelligent, adaptive security. By bringing these signals together with modern agentic security platforms, we intend to enable customers to continuously discover, classify, and protect sensitive data, enforce policies, and remediate risks at machine speed.
Building the Future of Data and AI Security
The opportunity to bring Proofpoint and Varonis together goes beyond combining two successful companies. Together, we have the potential to establish data security as a foundational pillar of the AI-powered enterprise and create one of the industry's most strategically differentiated cybersecurity platforms.
This is not an incremental evolution; it is a structural shift in cybersecurity. Together, Proofpoint and Varonis have the platform, scale, and vision to lead it.