NEW YORK, July 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNS), the leading provider of software solutions for unstructured, human-generated enterprise data, today announced that it has been added to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's and General Services Administration (GSA) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) and Continuous Monitoring as a Service (CMaaS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). Varonis has been added to the BPA held by Technica Corporation, one of its solutions partners in the federal government space.
The DHS/GSA CDM-CMaaS BPA allows Technica to provide the U.S. government with a variety of software solutions and services designed to help keep its information safe. By adding Varonis to the BPA, Technica can now implement solutions made up of Varonis software to help better secure government infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can then facilitate the use of this solution to civilian agencies nationwide on both a federal and state level to combat cyber threats in the civilian ".gov" networks and various network endpoints.
The DHS/GSA CDM-CMaaS BPA is part of a wider ongoing DHS CDM program initiative to shift the government's cybersecurity posture from a compliance-reporting model to a real-time approach to combating threats, according to the General Services Administration (GSA). The Varonis Metadata Framework™, the company's core software platform that serves as the basis for its solutions, addresses major security challenges by enabling organizations with unstructured and semi-structured data residing on their file systems, SharePoint sites, NAS devices, and Exchange servers to audit data access activity, alert on behavioral deviations, fix and maintain access controls, identify sensitive data, find data owners, and involve them in access review and authorization processes.
According to Yaki Faitelson, CEO of Varonis, "We are honored to be added to the CDM BPA and are hopeful that the partnership with Technica and DHS will enable our software solutions to improve the security of the highly sensitive information that is stored and shared among U.S. federal and state agencies."
According to Anthony Munno, Director of Federal Sales at Varonis, "In the wake of the government's recent breach incidents, the need to finally take a proactive approach to cybersecurity is more evident than ever. Hackers are getting excellent at their jobs, and we need to start operating under the assumption that someone or something malicious is already inside our networks. Effective ongoing auditing of file activity and access can make it much harder for cyber criminals to find and steal data once they are inside a network."
For more information about the CDM Program visit http://www.dhs.gov/cdm.
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About Varonis
Varonis is the leading provider of software solutions for unstructured, human-generated enterprise data. Varonis provides an innovative software platform that allows enterprises to map, analyze, manage and migrate their unstructured data. Varonis specializes in human-generated data, a type of unstructured data that includes an enterprise's spreadsheets, word processing documents, presentations, audio files, video files, emails, text messages and any other data created by employees. This data often contains an enterprise's financial information, product plans, strategic initiatives, intellectual property and numerous other forms of vital information. IT and business personnel deploy Varonis software for a variety of use cases, including data governance, data security, archiving, file synchronization, enhanced mobile data accessibility and information collaboration. As of March 31, 2015, Varonis had approximately 3,500 customers, spanning leading firms in the financial services, public, healthcare, industrial, energy & utilities, technology, consumer and retail, education and media & entertainment sectors.
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About Technica Corporation
Technica Corporation, founded in 1991, provides professional services, products, and innovative technology solutions to Defense, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and civilian agencies. The company specializes in network operations and infrastructure; cyber defense and security; government application integration; product research and development; systems engineering and training; and product deployment planning, and support. Technica is a veteran and minority-owned small disadvantaged business. For more information, please visit: www.technicacorp.com.