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{{short description|'''US-incorporated, Israeli-founded data-security company listed on Nasdaq; its chief executive Yaki Faitelson is a veteran of the IDF Intelligence Corps' Unit 81; agreed in October 2026 to be bought by Proofpoint for $6.3 billion'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Varonis Systems
| trade_name = Varonis Systems, Inc.
| logo = Varonis_logo.png
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Varonis logo
| type = Public company, [[Nasdaq]] (VRNS); incorporated in Delaware
| founded = {{Start date|2004|11|03}} (incorporated); operations began {{Start date|2005|01|01}}
| founder = [[Yaki Faitelson]] (Yakov Faitelson), [[Ohad Korkus]]
| hq_location = 801 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida 33131, United States; development centre in Herzliya Pituach
| industry = Cyber security
| services = Data security and data-access governance software
| homepage = [https://www.varonis.com/ varonis.com]
}}
'''Varonis Systems''' is a data-security company founded by [[Yaki Faitelson]] and [[Ohad Korkus]]. It is incorporated in Delaware, has its principal offices in Miami, and is listed on [[Nasdaq]].<ref name="Varonis10K2025">Varonis Systems, Inc., [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000162828026005450/vrns-20251231.htm Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2025] ''US Securities and Exchange Commission'', 4 February 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> According to ''[[Calcalist|Ctech]]'', its development centre in Herzliya Pituach employs about 1,000 people, and its chief executive Faitelson is "An alumnus of the IDF's Unit 81" ([[Unit 81]]; [[Israel Defense Forces]]). In October 2026 the American cyber-security company [[Proofpoint]] agreed to buy Varonis for $6.3 billion in cash.<ref name="CtechVaronis2026">Sophie Shulman, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/80w9e1ge6 "One plus one could equal five": Varonis CEO on $6.3 billion Proofpoint deal] ''Ctech'', 16 October 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref>

== History ==
Varonis's annual report says that it "was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on November 3, 2004 and commenced operations on January 1, 2005".<ref name="Varonis10K2025"/> Its 2013 stock-market registration statement said that [[Yaki Faitelson|Yakov Faitelson]] had been its president, chief executive and chairman since 2004, and [[Ohad Korkus]] its chief technology officer and a director since 2004. Before Varonis, both worked at [[NetVision]] and [[NetApp]].<ref name="VaronisS1">Varonis Systems, Inc., [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1361113/000119312513405885/d587800ds1.htm Form S-1 registration statement] ''US Securities and Exchange Commission'', 22 October 2013, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> The same filing warned investors that "Some of our officers and employees in Israel are obligated to perform routine military reserve duty in the Israel Defense Forces" and could be called up "at any time under emergency circumstances for extended periods of time".<ref name="VaronisS1"/>

== Founders and military service ==
In an interview after the Proofpoint deal was announced, ''Ctech'' wrote: "An alumnus of the IDF's Unit 81, Faitelson worked at NetApp before founding Varonis." [[Innoviz Technologies]], another company founded by veterans of the unit, describes [[Unit 81]] in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission as "the elite technology unit of Israel's Intelligence Corps" ([[Aman|Intelligence Corps]]).<ref name="InnovizF1">Innoviz Technologies Ltd, [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835654/000119312521225925/d164869df1.htm Form F-1 Registration Statement] ''US Securities and Exchange Commission'', July 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> ''Ctech'' also reported that Faitelson, who had lived in the United States for most of the company's history, returned to Israel in 2024, "a decision he attributes to the outbreak of the war", and quoted him: "Given everything that happened, I felt there was nowhere else to be." It said that Korkus is no longer with the company.<ref name="CtechVaronis2026"/>

== Proofpoint acquisition ==
''Ctech'' reported on 16 October 2026 that [[Proofpoint]] would acquire Varonis "in an all-cash deal" valued at $6.3 billion, after which the company would be delisted from Nasdaq. Faitelson told the paper that the business was "projected to reach a $1 billion annual revenue run rate by next year".<ref name="CtechVaronis2026"/>

== See also ==
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]
* [[Unit 81]]
* [[Aman]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.varonis.com/ Official website]

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:IDF]]
[[Category:Israeli intelligence]]
[[Category:Security Industry]]

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