Varonis Appoints Scott Leach as APAC VP of Sales

Sydney, 24, August 2021 – Varonis Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNS), a pioneer in data security and analytics, has appointed Scott Leach as Vice President of Sales for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Scott will be responsible for growing Varonis’ footprint across the region in verticals including federal government, healthcare, education, finance, and utilities.

Commenting on his new role, Scott said, “Security has never been more important or more challenging. More and more, data lives on sanctioned repositories on-premises and in the cloud. Organisations need visibility and control of their critical data because, without it, they can fall victim to a ransomware attack and incur severe reputational damage and heavy penalties from regulators. Yet time and again, we see organisations taking unnecessary risks by overexposing data and failing to manage sensitive data adequately.”

“I am confident that Varonis has the right solutions to help organisations secure their most sensitive information. I’m looking forward to partnering with businesses and government organisations throughout the APAC region to meet their data security challenges and boost their cyber resilience.”

Scott brings more than 20 years’ experience in leading multinational corporations in sales and management functions to his new role. Before joining Varonis, he was General Manager APAC of the cybersecurity firm Secureworks, where he led a team of world-class cybersecurity specialists in helping businesses prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to cyberattacks. 

Scott joined Secureworks after a 14-year career with Dell EMC. He started in 2003 as a Senior Presales Engineer and rose to become Director of Global Cloud Sales in 2015, responsible for the worldwide sales of Dell EMC’s Documentum as a Service (DaaS) business.  

During his tenure with Dell EMC, Scott also gained significant experience in Asia, spending more than ten years managing relationships with some of the Company’s largest clients across the region. 

Scott’s appointment comes at a time of strong growth across Varonis and in the APAC region and continued innovation in the Varonis Data Security Platform. For the second quarter of 2021, the Company’s total revenues grew 33% year-over-year. In May, Varonis introduced DatAdvantage Cloud, a solution that enables companies to meet the increasingly complex challenges of securing sensitive data against cyberattacks and avoid accidental overexposure of data resulting from their growing reliance on cloud services.

In June, Varonis also named Intalock, one of Australia’s leading cybersecurity solutions providers, as its first ‘Varonis Certified Delivery Partner’ (VCDP) in ANZ. The partnership enables Intalock to leverage Varonis’ entire portfolio to deliver consulting and managed services, and help organisations in healthcare, retail and finance protect sensitive data, boost threat detection capabilities, and achieve regulatory compliance.  

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About Varonis 
Varonis is a pioneer in data security and analytics, fighting a different battle than conventional cybersecurity companies. Varonis focuses on protecting enterprise data: sensitive files and emails; confidential customer, patient and employee data; financial records; strategic and product plans; and other intellectual property. The Varonis Data Security Platform detects cyberthreats from both internal and external actors by analysing data, account activity and user behaviour; prevents and limits disaster by locking down sensitive and stale data; and efficiently sustains a secure state with automation. Varonis products address additional important use cases including data protection, data governance, zero trust, compliance, data privacy, classification and threat detection and response. Varonis started operations in 2005 and has customers spanning leading firms in the financial services, public, healthcare, industrial, insurance, energy and utilities, technology, consumer and retail, media and entertainment and education sectors.