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Varonis Extends AI Security Coverage to Claude Code and Claude Cowork

Varonis expands AI security solutions to cover Anthropic's Claude Code and Claude Cowork for enhanced enterprise data protection.

By Hana Yamamoto
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Varonis Systems has extended its AI security capabilities in its Atlas platform to encompass Anthropic's Claude Code and Claude Cowork AI suites. This enhancement aims to provide enterprises using these AI agents with comprehensive security measures that monitor AI runtime activities, prevent data exposure, and enforce guardrails to manage AI behaviors proactively. The solution supports enterprises adopting autonomous AI tools in software development and file management, addressing risks associated with agentic AI access and activities.

Varonis Extends AI Security Coverage to Claude Code and Claude Cowork
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Key Points

  • Varonis Atlas now supports AI security for Anthropic's Claude Code and Claude Cowork, strengthening runtime protection against unauthorized or risky AI actions.
  • Features include AI Runtime Guardrails, AI Activity Monitoring, Security Posture Management, and AI Inventory for unified visibility and control across AI operations.
  • This development aids enterprises in securing AI-driven workflows in software development and knowledge work, reducing data exposure and operational risks.
  • Sectors impacted include cybersecurity, enterprise software, AI technology, and digital transformation markets.

MIAMI, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS), the data and AI security leader, today announced that Varonis Atlas extended its AI security coverage to Claude Code and Claude Cowork. With the announcement, Varonis helps support enterprises that rely on Anthropic’s Claude suite, whether they use agentic AI for software development or file-based knowledge work.

As enterprises adopt AI agents that can access files, write code, and take autonomous action, security must evolve. Varonis Atlas gives security teams unified visibility and control, helping organizations embrace agentic AI while reducing the risk of data exposure, prompt manipulation, and unchecked agent activity.

“Security has to meet agents where they operate, and that means runtime enforcement,” said Ron Bennatan, VP of AI and Data Security Strategy at Varonis. “Whether it’s Claude Code committing to a repository or Claude Cowork rewriting files on someone’s desktop, the risk shows up when an agent gets access, not after the fact. Coverage that stops at one surface leaves you with a big blind spot.”

With Atlas, security teams can secure and govern the entire Claude enterprise suite with data context, permissions, and risk signals.

Varonis for Claude Code includes:

  • AI Runtime Guardrails: Stop malicious and non-compliant prompts before they reach code, dependencies, or regulated repositories.
  • AI Activity Monitoring: Detect and prevent exposure of source code, credentials, API keys, and regulated data across all agent activity, including unusual token usage.
  • AI Security Posture Management (AI-SPM): Identify skills, memory files, and MCP configurations that may introduce persistent instructions, manipulate agent behavior, or exfiltrate data across sessions.
  • AI Inventory: Represents agents, tools, and supporting resources in a unified view, including code artifacts that land in governed repositories after local development.

Varonis for Claude Cowork includes:

  • AI Runtime Guardrails: Evaluates Cowork activity with runtime guardrails to block, modify, or alert on risky or malicious activity in real time as an agent reads, edits, or creates files.
  • AI Activity Monitoring and Investigations: Every evaluated event carries user, project, and resource context, giving teams an audit trail by user and source application, and the ability to catch a redirected agent mid-session.

This announcement follows Varonis’ integration with the Claude Compliance API. Together, these integrations give security teams a continuous view across the full Claude enterprise stack.

Varonis Atlas is available today. Request a free trial to see Atlas’ AI inventory, posture management, security testing, runtime guardrails, and compliance reporting in action.

Additional Resources:

  • Read more on the Varonis blog.
  • Learn more on the Varonis website.
  • Request your Varonis Atlas demo.
  • Visit our blog, and join the conversation on LinkedIn and YouTube.

About Varonis
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.

Investor Relations Contact:
Tim Perz
Varonis Systems, Inc.
646-640-2112
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News Media Contact:
Rachel Hunt
Varonis Systems, Inc.
877-292-8767 (ext. 1598)
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Risks

  • Potential challenges in fully managing complex AI agent behaviors could leave residual data exposure or compliance risks.
  • Dependence on integration with Anthropic's Claude suite may limit security coverage if AI platforms evolve or change APIs.
  • Enterprises relying on AI agents face ongoing risk of prompt manipulation or unchecked agent activities despite enhanced monitoring, which could impact operational security and compliance.

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