Varonis has acquired the email security company SlashNext to directly combat increasingly sophisticated phishing and email attacks. This move is a strategic response to the growing threat of business email compromise, impersonation, and spear-phishing, which are being amplified by widely available AI tools.
Varonis CEO Yaki Faitelson praised SlashNext's highly accurate detection engine, which was developed by Atif Mushtaq, a key architect of FireEye's core malware sandbox technology. According to Faitelson, a significant number of data breaches begin with a compromised identity, often through sophisticated social engineering attacks that conventional security tools miss.
SlashNext's technology is designed to go beyond traditional link scanning to identify conversational hijacking and subtle tonal shifts that humans may not notice.
The integration of SlashNext's technology, valued at up to $150 million, will enable Varonis to proactively block malicious links and attachments before a breach occurs. Faitelson emphasized that the goal is to stop identity compromise from the start, not just respond to it after the fact.
He believes the "plug and play" nature of SlashNext's product, coupled with its exceptionally low false positive rate, will provide a hands-off, automated security solution for Varonis customers. By integrating this technology, Varonis aims to help its customers avoid data breaches and compliance penalties, and to safely adopt new AI technologies.
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