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Securing Sensitive Data in AWS with Varonis

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07/23/2026
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such as shadow databases and orphan snapshots. With Varonis for AWS, you can discover where sensitive data lives, who can access it, and how it's being used, as well as classify critical information, fix misconfigurations, and detect threats. Let's take a look at the capabilities. Varonis performs a complete classification scan at scale across your entire AWS environment, including S3, EBS, Redshift, and more, to identify where sensitive data like personally identifiable information, financial data, protected health information, and even regulatory compliance information exists. Our platform uses a combination of industry-leading patterns, regular expressions, dictionaries, and AI to perform classification at scale. We use this information to correlate access to the data, so you can see instantly where information is at risk, from public or anonymous exposure, or even external contractor access. AWS was built for flexibility, but that flexibility often results in over-permissioned roles and stale access, with no way for security teams to see the entire blast radius. Varonis provides a real-time access map that's tied to risk, not guesswork. Using the access graph, you can easily visualize exactly how a user, role, or group is getting access to the data. For example, we know this bucket is public based on the configuration of two bucket-level policies, which grants access to the sensitive data. Similarly, we can investigate individual user roles or groups by simply selecting them. With a click, you can view the exact path that allowed this user to gain access to the resource, and know exactly where to make changes and remediate the issue directly from Varonis. On any page, select Action, and choose the change you wish to make, such as blocking public access and locking down exposure. Cloud-native tools won't show you what's exposed until it's too late. Varonis provides visibility and proactive protection to remediate risk and exposure before a compliance auditor or an attacker can find it by continuously monitoring all your AWS accounts and organization from a configuration and posture perspective. Varonis can identify issues such as exposed buckets, unused access keys, or even stale accounts with admin privileges. We give you the why, the risk, and the solution without relying on native tooling. The biggest risks to sensitive data in AWS stem from bad actors using legitimate credentials, whether purchased on the dark web or stolen through social engineering. Once an attacker or malicious insider has privileged credentials, they no longer need to break in. They can simply log in to exfiltrate or encrypt your data. Our platform flags abnormal user behavior instantly, especially when sensitive data is involved. In this alert, we can see Jerome, a privileged administrator, who is downloading a large number of sensitive files. Varonis tells you this information, the who, the what, and the why, all in one place, thanks to contextual behavior mapping against sensitive data, regardless of where it exists. Without jumping into five different consoles or opening a ticket, Varonis helps you fix AWS exposure instantly. By simply selecting a user and then clicking on the Run Action button, Varonis can revoke access immediately. This action can also be performed on administrative users, like an admin who may have stale access keys and no longer needs access. You can also schedule this function to run automatically, You can also schedule this function to run automatically, so no stale access keys or lingering access exist in your environment. This isn't just a detection capability. This is automated, guided remediation, providing you with real outcomes with minimal effort. Varonis is committed to helping organizations confidently use AWS, while ensuring their sensitive data remains secure. Schedule a demo today to discover more and see how Varonis can help your organization secure your AWS environment.

TL;DR

  • Varonis performs automated classification at scale across AWS services to discover sensitive data including PII, financial records, and compliance-regulated information using AI-powered pattern matching
  • Real-time access graphs visualize the complete permission chain showing exactly how users, roles, and groups gain access to resources, enabling direct remediation of misconfigurations
  • Behavioral threat detection identifies abnormal access patterns to sensitive data, with automated remediation capabilities including immediate credential revocation and scheduled cleanup of stale access

Summary

This product demonstration showcases Varonis for AWS, a comprehensive data security platform designed to address the challenges of protecting sensitive information across complex cloud environments. The solution performs automated classification scans across AWS services including S3, EBS, and Redshift to identify sensitive data such as PII, financial records, and protected health information. Using a real-time access graph, Varonis maps the complete blast radius of permissions and roles, enabling security teams to visualize exactly how users gain access to resources and remediate misconfigurations directly from the platform. The demonstration emphasizes proactive threat detection through behavioral monitoring, flagging abnormal access patterns to sensitive data and providing automated remediation capabilities including immediate access revocation and scheduled cleanup of stale credentials. The platform positions itself as a solution that moves beyond native AWS tooling by correlating data classification with access risk and providing actionable remediation workflows without requiring multiple console switches or ticketing systems.

Chapters

0:00 - Introduction to AWS Data Security Challenges
0:32 - Automated Data Classification at Scale
1:14 - Real-Time Access Mapping and Visualization
2:11 - Proactive Risk Detection and Remediation
2:45 - Behavioral Threat Detection and Response

Key Quotes

1:14 "AWS was built for flexibility, but that flexibility often results in over-permissioned roles and stale access, with no way for security teams to see the entire blast radius."
2:11 "Cloud-native tools won't show you what's exposed until it's too late."
2:40 "We give you the why, the risk, and the solution without relying on native tooling."

FAQ

What AWS services does Varonis scan for sensitive data classification?

Varonis performs classification scans across S3, EBS, Redshift, and other AWS services to identify sensitive data including personally identifiable information, financial data, protected health information, and regulatory compliance information.

How does Varonis help remediate AWS security issues?

Varonis provides direct remediation capabilities from within the platform, allowing security teams to block public access, revoke user credentials, and schedule automated cleanup of stale access keys without needing to switch between multiple AWS consoles or open tickets.


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