Proofpoint agreed Thursday to acquire Varonis Systems in a cash transaction valued at approximately $6.3 billion, combining two companies that have positioned themselves around a shared bet: that securing data has become the central problem of the AI era. The acquisition pairs two distinct approaches to security. Varonis specializes in data security, mapping where sensitive information sits inside an organization, who can reach it, and how it is actually used.

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