Bytes Software Services

Varonis Data Security Platform

Varonis is a leader in data security, fighting a different battle than conventional cybersecurity companies. Our cloud-native Data Security Platform continuously discovers and classifies critical data, removes exposures, and detects advanced threats with AI-powered automation. bssgc

Features

• Accurate data inventory: Find, classify, label, secure sensitive data.
• Flexible policies: Library of hundreds of customizable classification rules.
• Data access intelligence: Control net permissions, reduce exposure/compliance risk
• Policy automation: Automated remediation for exposures, unnecessary permissions, misconfigurations.
• Cross-platform audit trail: Searchable data access and granular permissions.
• Data-centric UEBA: Detect abnormal activity to stop data breaches.
• MDDR: 24x7x365 incident response, threat hunting & forensics.
• DSPM: Reports and dashboards show meaningful risk reduction.
• Email security: Detect exposures, email-based attacks & insider threats.
• Compliance: posture against GDPR, CAF, NHS DSPT, NIST, ISO27001.

Benefits

• Improve your data security posture automatically.
• Enable the safe rollout/use of generative AI/LLMs (e.g. Co-Pilot).
• Accurately discover, classify, and label sensitive data.
• Monitor cloud data activity and prevent exfiltration.
• Enforce least privilege, labels, and secure settings.
• Detect abnormal activity from APTs and insider threats.
• Fix critical SaaS misconfigurations and third-party app risk.
• Automate compliance regulations and frameworks.
• Lock down sensitive mailboxes and stop exfiltration.
• Reduce risk and minimize cyber insurance claims.

£0.15 a user a year

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

692418915398428

Contact

Chris Swani
+44 (0) 7951 326815
tenders@bytes.co.uk

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: The Varonis Data Security Platform offers both SaaS and self-hosted deployment options. Our cloud-native Data Security Platform is hosted by Varonis and delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Our SaaS platform can monitor and protect both cloud and on-premises data. Our self-hosted Data Security Platform can be deployed either on-prem or in any private cloud that can run Windows servers (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google, etc.).
• System requirements:
  • Windows Server 2019/2022 Standard or Enterprise (x64) (Fully Patched).
  • .NET framework 4.7.2 and 3.5 SP1 installed on all nodes
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014/2016/2017 - standard/enterprise

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Varonis standard support is available Monday to Friday from 9am to 9pm local time. 24/7 support can be accessed for an additional cost.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Varonis Support has 3 tiers of response- FLS (T1), Tier2, Tier 3. Most cases that are open by SEs/Partners/customers will be received by FLS, and escalated according to need. ; SLA is defined upon the level of Support Services the customer has purchased and the severity of the case. ; For further details, please see "Varonis Support Principles" document
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Training can be completed by leveraging Varonis Education Services for standard training of the application and advanced/troubleshooting classes that are offered. All training is done online. In addition, Professional Services can provide online or on-site training that is more customised based upon specific products and use cases/business needs for the customer. Varonis also offers additional learning resources (ex: how-to documents and videos) in the Customer Community portal.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • HTML
  • PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Users can create and extract Varonis reports from their environment and data within the platform until the subscription expires. Varonis only collects and stores metadata on the platform. No customer files are stored on the platform.
• End-of-contract process: After the subscription has expired Varonis metadata collection and data processing will cease. The customer can then decommission their collectors and disable relevant service accounts used by Varonis.; Retention of Subscriber Data - Our default retention policy is a sliding window of 180 days during the subscription term (unless a longer period was approved by Varonis, at its sole discretion, at the request of the Client). Upon the end/termination of the subscription term, Subscriber Data which is held by Varonis at such time shall be kept for a period of up to 30 days after termination of the subscription.

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Linux or Unix
  • Windows
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: Varonis has exposed APIs in its core DatAdvantage and DataPrivilege platforms. These APIs expose reports, file system change information, the capability to change
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Varonis is designed in high availability. Our SaaS and DAC platforms are cloud native solutions which are scalable and elastic for users onboarded.; Our selfhosted platform components are scoped based on the organisations size and we offer documentation to support the increase system specification should there be a need to increase resources for the platform.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Varonis can provide metrics on: platform run/uptime, system health, event collection, past incidents, scan progress.
• Reporting types: Real-time dashboards

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Varonis

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: None

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: Varonis can be implemented in your own cloud environment. You control who has access to your Varonis environment, and we do not have access to your data or facilities. All data processing is performed at the customer facility, under the control of customer
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Users can export Varonis reports of their environment and data in CSV, PDF, Excel, HTML formats. Varonis only collects and stores metadata on the platform.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats:
  • PDF
  • Excel
  • HTML
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: Varonis does not import data this way

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Varonis is designed in high-availability. SaaS and DAC platforms are cloud native with 99% availability over a rolling 90 days. For selfhosted, the components can be made highly available, and we offer disaster recovery best practice documentation.; Varonis will use commercially reasonable efforts to assure that Subscriber is able to access the Varonis’ web application of the Subscription Services at least 99% of the time, as measured by Varonis over the course of twelve months period(s) (Availability). If Varonis does not meet the Availability commitment, Subscriber will be eligible to receive Service Credit as described in Varonis SaaS Support Policies.
• Approach to resilience: Our support and professional services are located in 3 different continents, and act as a backup for each other in case of disaster. More information is available on request.
• Outage reporting: Components can be made highly available and we offer DR best practice documentation with our solution. Varonis provides email alerts if there are component connection issues, and additional details are available in the Varonis management console, and in the Event Viewer logs.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: IAM authentification with Actvive Directory and Varonis user credetials
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Permission and Role based
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: User-defined

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: The Standards Institution of Israel
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 08/01/2021
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: There are no exceptions, the certification covers - Deveopment, Research, Software Delivery, Support, Professional Services, Delivery Cloud Based Sofware Solutions, Sales, Training, Project Management, Design and planning of risk assessment, protectio of information systems, securtity of corporate and cloud networks.
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: Yes
• CSA STAR accreditation date: 01/11/2023
• CSA STAR certification level: Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
• What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover: The certificate covers relevant security controls in place for the services offered by Varonis.
• PCI certification: Yes
• Who accredited the PCI DSS certification: 1 Cyber Valley
• PCI DSS accreditation date: 30/11/2023
• What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover: Varonis has completed an SAQ-D for Service Providers and Attestation of Compliance (AoC) which can be provided upon request. The Varonis Service has not been designed to store or process cardholder data. There is, however, a very low-level risk of card contamination within the file analysis process. To mitigate this risk, the requirements for card transmission and encryption were assessed as part of the assessment.
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • ISO 27017:2015
  • ISO 27018:2019
  • SOC2
  • ISO/IEC 27701
  • NIAP Common Criteria Certification

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards:
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Other
• Other security governance standards: NIST 800-53, ISO 27017/27018/27701; ISO 27017:2015, ISO 27018:2019, SOC2 Type2 , SOC 3 , ISO/IEC 27701, NIAP Common Criteria Certification
• Information security policies and processes: CISO leads the global security teams and is responsible for internal infrastructure and cloud production security programs. CISO also directs and oversees the development and review of information security policies, standards, and guidelines. The security standards are scoped for all our cloud solutions. Our compliance program constantly evolves to keep cloud infrastructure, policies, and standards updated with industry best practices. This compliance also includes regular independent external audits.; Varonis has nearly 30 security policies in place, covering various security domains in our documentation and aligns policies with various ISO/IEC standards (27001, 27017, 27018, and 27701), NIST 800-53, AICPA, and GDPR.

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Supplier-defined controls
• Configuration and change management approach: Varonis provides customers with maintenance and upgrade releases periodically. We ensure that customers are notified of new versions via email and or the Varonis customer portal. When implemented within the customers cloud environment configuration and change management processes are the responsibility of the customer.
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Varonis has a Vulnerability and Threat Management Policy. Varonis systems are scanned and results are reviewed by the CISO and IT departments. Security vulnerabilities are remediated within the timeline defined within the policy which includes procedures decided by the CISO for zero-day and other urgent patches.
• Protective monitoring type: Supplier-defined controls
• Protective monitoring approach: Varonis' Security Operations Center, which comprise information security personnel are responsible for the review and/or monitoring of information security incidents or events.
• Incident management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Incident management approach: Varonis has an Incident Response Policy that includes notification to the relevant stakeholders (including customers) as needed. Varonis will notify customers with all relevant information and cooperate with reasonable requests for information. This policy is aligned with industry best practices and included prepartion, identification, reporting, containment, discovery, eradication, recovery, and post incident report.

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  Fighting climate change

  Fighting climate change

  We take our environmental management and the impact we have on the environment very seriously. We have environmental policies in place and hold the ISO14001 accreditation. Our environmental assessments are conducted annually by an external Lead ESOS Assessor; they are signed-off by the board and compliance reported to the regulator (the Environment Agency). Our environmental policy is published on our website at https://www.bytes.co.uk/company/sustainability/environmental.; Bytes achieved carbon net zero in March 2022 through approved carbon offsetting schemes. We are always seeking to reduce our impact on the environment. We aim to minimise waste, reduce pollutants and use renewable materials. Our offices have recycling facilities for cans, plastic and paper. We aim to reduce our office printing to zero within the next few years. ; An Environmental Steering Committee has been established to coordinate environmental activities and drive change.; To drastically reduce our emissions, we have switched to renewable energy. Our Head Office has reached our first milestone of using a specialist 100% renewable electricity provider. We are also exploring options to install solar panels on our Headquarters building.; Other environmental initiatives include installing electric vehicle charging points and encouraging staff to commute to work without the car (setting up a car share network and installing secure cycle parking).; We produce a SECR (Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting) report that details the companies energy consumption and carbon emissions. This report is produced annually by an independent assessor. ; This report provides details of our emissions in Scope 1, 2 and 3 categories. It details the activities previously taken to reduce emissions and also recommendations for further improvements.; For scope 1,2 and 3 emissions we aim to reduce these by 50% by 2025-2026 from our 2021 baseline.; We aim to be Net Zero by 2040, covering our own operational emissions.

Pricing

• Price: £0.15 a user a year
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Varonis offer free Data Risk Assessments:; Cyber Resiliency Assessment,; Insider Threat Risk Assessment,; Compliance Risk Assessment; Ransomware Readiness Assessment,; Data Security Posture Management Assessment,; 3rd-party app risk assessment,; M365 Risk Assessment,; Co-pilot readiness assessment.; You'll receive a comprehensive report that highlights your vulnerabilities and steps to improve data security.
• Link to free trial: https://info.varonis.com/en/data-risk-assessment

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tenders@bytes.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.