Varonis Next-Gen Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
Modern Database Security, Elevated by Somerford's Expertise
What is Varonis DAM?
Varonis Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) provides complete visibility into database activity to protect your organisation’s most valuable assets - sensitive and regulated data. Databases are the prime target for cyber threats, insider misuse and compliance violations. Varonis DAM enables security teams to investigate abnormal behaviour before it becomes a breach.
With real-time monitoring, behavioural analytics and automated threat detection, Varonis DAM goes beyond traditional database tools to give security teams actionable intelligence. This helps you to reduce risk, prove compliance and ensure critical data is only accessed appropriately.
Key Capabilities of Varonis DAM
Varonis DAM equips organisations with advanced monitoring and threat detection features to safeguard structured data:
Continuous Activity Monitoring
Track every query, login and permission change across databases in real time.
Behavioural Analytics
Spot unusual patterns and risky behaviour such as privilege escalation or mass data extraction.
Automated Threat Detection
Identify both insider threats and external attacks with intelligent alerting.
Detailed Forensics
Gain audit-ready logs and investigation tools for compliance and incident response.
Scalable Coverage
Protect large, distributed environments across on-premises and cloud databases.
Varonis DAM Use Cases
Insider Threat Detection | ||||
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Identify malicious or careless activity from employees and contractors with real-time alerts.
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Compliance Readiness | ||||
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Maintain detailed audit trails to meet GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA and other regulatory requirements. | ||||
Data Exfiltration Prevention | ||||
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Detect unusual queries + mass downloads before sensitive information leaves the environment. | ||||
Privilege Misuse Monitoring | ||||
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Track and flag suspicious escalation of database permissions or role changes. | ||||
Cloud Database Protection | ||||
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Extend monitoring and security to databases hosted in public cloud environments. | ||||
Get to Grips with DAM
Varonis Next-Gen DAM is agent-less, deploys quickly, and requires near-zero operational overhead. Varonis' revolutionary solution is integrated into their Data Security Platform and delivers comprehensive database security outcomes. With Varonis DAM, you gain complete visibility and control across all databases, discovering sensitive data, detecting suspicious activity, and
enforcing security policies.
Find out how you can secure thousands of cloud, on-prem, managed, or unmanaged databases with agent-less monitoring when you download this handy data sheet!
Find out how you can secure thousands of cloud, on-prem, managed, or unmanaged databases with agent-less monitoring when you download this handy data sheet!
Why Choose Somerford as Your Varonis DAM Partner?
As a long-standing and platinum Varonis partner, we help organisations across industries secure their most sensitive information with Varonis’ data-first security solutions. Our team combines deep technical expertise with a proven methodology to ensure a smooth deployment of Varonis DAM, aligned with your security and compliance objectives.
We work closely with your teams to:
We work closely with your teams to:
Assess your data risk posture and compliance needs
Design and implement Varonis DAM tailored to your environment
Provide ongoing support, enablement and managed services for long-term value
By partnering with Somerford, you not only gain access to Varonis’ leading database monitoring technology but also the guidance of trusted experts who understand the challenges of modern data security.
Varonis DAM vs Competitors
Feature | Varonis DAM | Competitors |
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Deployment & Architecture | ||
Deployment Time
| Weeks | Months to years
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Architecture
| SaaS-native, agentless
| Agent-based, appliance-heavy
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Operational Overhead
| Minimal; no Manager of Managers (MoM) or agents
| High; requires MoM, collectors, and agents
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Threat Detection & Analytics | ||
UEBA
| Yes; baselines user behavior and tracks query volume for anomaly detection
| Limited; lacks identity context and is constrained by deployment complexity
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Sensitive Data Context
| Yes; alerts are enriched and prioritised based on data classification
| No; lacks deep integration with sensitivity context
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Forensics
| Full context of who, what, when, where, and how
| Limited to database-level context and struggles with cross-platform correlation
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Classification & Discovery | ||
Classification Method
| Uses AI/ML and contextual analysis
| Relies solely on pattern-matching
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Accuracy
| High; detects ambiguous and unlabeled data
| Low; misses contextually sensitive data
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Coverage
| Covers both structured and unstructured data
| Primarily covers structured data, and unstructured data requires separate products
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Security Model & Separation of Duties | ||
Separation of Duties
| Yes; the security team owns the tooling
| No; DBAs are required to deploy and maintain the monitoring tools
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Insider Threat Protection
| Strong; security teams can detect and respond to suspicious DBA activity
| Weak; DBAs can disable agents or bypass monitoring without detection
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IAM Integration
| Yes; integrates with corporate IAM systems like Okta and Entra
| No; lacks a security-centric integration for centralised identity mapping
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Permissions & Remediation | ||
Permissions Management
| Automated remediation
| Manual
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Identity Mapping
| Maps access to corporate IAM identities
| Maps to DB-native identities only
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Coverage & Cloud Readiness | ||
Cloud DB Support
| Full support for various cloud databases (e.g., RDS, Azure, Snowflake)
| Partial support with limited feature parity across cloud platforms
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Unified Data Security
| Yes; provides a single platform to protect structured and unstructured data
| No; unstructured activity monitoring is a separate product
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SaaS-native
| Yes; SaaS-native and agentless, enabling rapid deployment and scalability
| Limited siloed SaaS offerings that lack feature parity
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