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MIAMI, July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS), the data and AI security leader, today announced support for Cursor, the AI-native coding tool. Varonis Atlas provides runtime enforcement, threat detection, and full session forensics for Cursor, delivering visibility and control across the agentic development lifecycle.

Cursor's agents read, write, and execute inside your codebase — running terminal commands, installing dependencies, and calling MCP-connected tools. That gives Cursor access to crown-jewel data: source code, .env files, credentials, API keys, and customer data. Built-in safeguards are important, but stopping agents that go off-script and securing sensitive data requires runtime enforcement and threat detection.

"The agents may change, but the security requirements don't," said Ron Bennatan, VP of AI and Data Security Strategy at Varonis. "Developers move between integrated development environments (IDEs) and other tools as they work, and each one has its own guardrails. Atlas gives security teams one place to secure data access, monitor agent activity for risky actions, and enforce policy."

By extending support to Cursor, Varonis continues to deepen its coverage of agentic IDEs, like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and VS Code. With Varonis Atlas, organizations can more safely adopt and use AI agents, no matter which tools and vendors they work with.

Varonis Atlas supports the full coding agent lifecycle:

Runtime enforcement: Monitor, block, modify, or alert on agent activity directly inside supported coding agent workflows.Session forensics and threat detection: Reconstruct exactly what happened during a Cursor session, including prompts, tool usage, MCP server activity, command execution, and agent actions.Sensitive data and secrets protection: Detect and prevent exposure of source code, credentials, API keys, and regulated data across all agent activity.Shadow AI discovery: Identify unsanctioned coding agent usage and repository-level artifacts, including skills, rules, and MCP configurations. The integration builds on Varonis' growing support for agentic AI security. Recent releases include an integration with the Claude Compliance API, which enhances security for Claude Enterprise and Claude Platform and enables organizations to capture and review AI interactions for audit, compliance, and investigation.

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Varonis (Nasdaq: VRNS) secures AI and the data that powers it. The Varonis platform gives organizations automated visibility and control over their critical data wherever it lives and helps ensure safe and trustworthy AI from code to runtime. Backed by 24x7x365 managed detection and response, Varonis gives thousands of organizations worldwide the confidence to adopt AI, reduce data exposure, and stop AI-powered threats.

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Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VNRS) is considering a sale of its business after fielding takeover interest from major private equity firms including Blackstone, Thoma Bravo, and Vista Equity Partners, Bloomberg reported, with Wedbush analysts saying a deal would make strategic sense given the cybersecurity company's discounted valuation.

Varonis is working with advisers as it evaluates interest from financial buyers, according to the Bloomberg report.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, who maintains an Outperform rating and $37 price target on the stock, has the company has been on his M&A watchlist and believes it is undervalued relative to its peers.

Varonis shares have been under pressure after falling roughly 30% earlier this year, hurt by competitive threats from AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI, which each launched vulnerability detection and patching tools that raised concerns about disruption to Varonis' software-as-a-service model. The company also faces competition from cybersecurity platform providers Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike.

Despite the selloff, Wedbush noted the stock still trades at a significant discount to its peer group, with Varonis fetching approximately 3.9 times 2027 enterprise value-to-revenue versus the roughly 7.3 times multiple commanded by comparable cybersecurity names, a gap the analyst said makes the company a prime acquisition candidate.

Wedbush said each of the private equity suitors named by Bloomberg has extensive software and cybersecurity portfolios and would be positioned to bundle Varonis' capabilities into existing product suites for additional upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

Ives noted that while Varonis has made progress with its SaaS-first model and pipeline development, the company has faced challenges converting deals as competition in the managed detection, data, and response market intensifies. Varonis has increasingly leaned on AI and machine learning to power user behavior analysis and threat modelling, capabilities Wedbush said should improve the value of its portfolio and expand its addressable market ahead of any potential transaction.

"We believe that we are still in the early stages of consolidation within the space," Wedbush said, adding that more customers are seeking all-in-one platform approaches rather than purchasing multiple products across vendors.

Shares of Varonis were on track to finish nearly 8% higher on Tuesday.