Varonis for Databricks
Secure your complex Databricks environment with comprehensive visibility, automated classification, and behavior-based threat detection.
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Master Databricks access governance and data security
Databricks' dual permission system of Unity Catalog and workspace ACLs makes it nearly impossible to right-size permissions, causing overexposure of sensitive data and higher risk of a data breach. Varonis provides complete visibility and control of your Databricks environment.
Gain complete visibility into complex access hierarchies
Varonis delivers comprehensive visualization of Databricks' intricate role hierarchies and inheritance chains. Our bi-directional mapping shows the complete path across users, roles, and data access, making it easy to understand who has access to what and how they got it.

Discover and classify sensitive data
Varonis combines AI-powered and rule-based classification to accurately identify sensitive data across your Databricks environment at scale. Varonis pinpoints sensitive data down to specific tables and columns, highlighting exposure risks and automatically applying dynamic data masks to protect critical information.

Detect threats with behavior-based analytics
Varonis creates a unified audit trail with logs and advanced behavioral analytics. The Platform learns normal usage patterns and identifies anomalies that could indicate threats—from users dropping tables and exfiltrating data to granting privileged permissions to public roles – and even unusual AI access patterns.

Streamline compliance and reduce operational overhead
Varonis continuously monitors your Databricks environment against benchmarks like CIS, ISO, NIST, and HIPAA, detecting configuration drift and providing clear remediation. Our out-of-the-box compliance reports and regulatory templates automate evidence collection for audits, significantly reducing manual effort.

"Make Varonis part of your security posture. It gives you an all-around better ability to be able to see what’s going on. It’s definitely one of the best solutions in our toolkit."
IT Director, Midwest School District
Read case studyVaronis solves common Databricks data security challenges.
Limited visibility into effective permissions
- Visualize complex Unity Catalog role hierarchies and workspace ACL inheritance chains
- Automatically detect excessive permissions and stale access
- Predict the full impact of role assignments with bi-directional mapping of effective data access
Inadequate data access governance
- Automate sensitive data discovery and classification across your entire Databricks environment
- Implement context-aware, dynamic access controls based on actual usage patterns
- Create comprehensive audit trails with advanced correlation and behavioral analysis
AI security readiness gaps
- Monitor unique access patterns of AI systems and ML workflows
- Scale governance to keep pace with automated AI data access
- Detect abnormal data access patterns with sophisticated behavior-based threat detection
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“I was amazed by how quickly Varonis was able to classify data and uncover potential data exposures during the free assessment. It was truly eye-opening.”
Michael Smith, CISO, HKS
"What I like about Varonis is that they come from a data-centric place. Other products protect the infrastructure, but they do nothing to protect your most precious commodity — your data."
Deborah Haworth, Director of Information Security, Penguin Random House
“Varonis’ support is unprecedented, and their team continues to evolve and improve their products to align with the rapid pace of industry evolution.”
Al Faella, CTO, Prospect Capital