Proofpoint agrees to buy data security company Varonis for $6.3B in cash
Months of speculation over the future of data security company Varonis Systems Inc. ended today when Thoma Bravo-owned cybersecurity firm Proofpoint Inc. agreed to buy…
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Duncan Riley
Senior writer, SiliconANGLE. Builder since 1995, writer since 2003.
Senior writer at SiliconANGLE, covering startups, cybersecurity, and AI.
Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE, covering startups, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. He has written about the tech industry for two decades, with earlier work at TechCrunch and as founder of The Inquisitr. He co-founded the b5media blog network in 2005 and has been building on the web since 1995. Based in Chiang Mai.
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Proofpoint gives MSPs a Microsoft 365 risk dashboard, Teams training and an AI assistant
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