Your data never left the building. Now your security tool is.
Varonis has announced that its self-hosted platform ends on 31 December 2026. If you run it in your own data center, you have a decision in front of you — and moving your file metadata into a vendor cloud is not the only answer.
Syslog CEF and REST, into the tool you already run
What is actually changing.
The console moves to the vendor
Customers are being moved to the SaaS platform. After the self-hosted sunset the management console is vendor-hosted.
The metadata goes with it
Event metadata is processed in the Varonis cloud rather than inside your own network.
Disconnected sites are an open question
Support for disconnected self-hosted installs after 2026 is not publicly documented.
The three statements above are Varonis’ own, as published. Check the current wording against their announcement before you plan around it.
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What ProLion does with the same job.
Moving to the vendor cloud
The platform keeps working, in someone else’s data center, under their change control.
The tool survives. The architecture does not.
Staying on-premises with ProLion
The same questions answered, on the hardware the files already sit on.
Nothing moves. Nothing leaves.
What a move actually takes.
1 · Run both
ProLion registers as an external engine on the filer and reads the file-operation stream. It changes nothing on the storage and nothing in the data path, so it can run beside what you have today.
2 · Compare the answers
Ask both the questions your auditor asks. Who can reach the share, who actually opened it, what changed last month. Then decide on evidence rather than on a deadline.
3 · Switch when you are ready
A typical install takes a few hours and self-install is supported. There is no agent to roll out and no client to touch.
Talk to an engineer who knows your data.
Four fields, and somebody who knows ONTAP, PowerScale and what FPolicy does. Not a qualification call.