Veeam Software, a global leader in data resilience, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Securiti AI, a recognized leader in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), for $1.725 billion. This acquisition aims to unify data resilience with DSPM, privacy, governance, access, and AI trust across hybrid, multi-cloud, and SaaS platforms, spanning both production and secondary data.
The combined capabilities of Veeam and Securiti AI are intended to provide customers with a single solution to understand, secure, recover, rollback, and leverage their data for AI initiatives. The integration seeks to address challenges associated with fragmented data management across various environments, offering CIOs, CISOs, and CDOs a unified command center to control and secure their entire data estate, minimize data loss and downtime, and safely advance AI innovation.
Organizations currently face difficulties harnessing the value of unstructured data, which constitutes 70-90% of enterprise data. Simultaneously, cyberattacks are increasing, regulations are tightening, and many AI projects, estimated at 80-90%, fail due to data-related issues such such as accuracy, lineage, permissions, identity, and privacy. Traditional, siloed tools for data security and management often result in trade-offs between security, risk management, and business agility. The combined offering from Veeam and Securiti AI aims to mitigate these trade-offs through a single data command center.
Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam, stated, “We’ve entered a new era for data. It’s no longer about just protecting data from cyber threats and unforeseen disasters; it’s also about identifying all your data, ensuring it’s governed and trusted to power AI transparently. This is the single most critical factor in failed AI initiatives. By combining the market-leading strengths of Veeam and Securiti AI, we bring those capabilities together in a single solution to help customers understand, secure, recover, and rollback, and unleash their data to drive new business value.”
Rehan Jalil, CEO at Securiti AI, added, “Enterprise AI is simply not possible without data security. Securiti AI solves that and enables the safe use of data and AI. Bringing together our unique capabilities with Veeam, the global leader in data resilience, creates a new value proposition for customers with one data command center delivering data resilience, DSPM, privacy, governance, and AI trust for your entire data estate. Veeam’s global reach and innovation, combined with our technology and intelligence, will provide customers with unmatched business resilience and security to fully unlock the benefits of AI.”
Securiti AI developed the Data Command Center, which uses a knowledge graph to unify data intelligence and security controls across hybrid multi-cloud environments. This platform integrates an agentic AI framework to automate functions for data intelligence, security, and controls, along with a Gencore AI module for enterprise AI search. Securiti AI is recognized in DSPM, data access governance, AI security, and privacy.
Following the transaction’s close, Rehan Jalil will join Veeam as President of Security and AI. His prior career includes founding Elastica, which merged with Blue Coat and was later acquired by Symantec, where he managed cloud security. He also founded WiChorus, acquired by Tellabs. Jalil holds an MSEE from Purdue University and a BS from NED University, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Paul Stringfellow, Senior Analyst, Security & Risk at GigaOm, commented on the integration: “The integration of Securiti AI’s advanced data security platform with Veeam’s robust data resilience platform represents an evolution in how organizations approach protection and governance of their information in an AI-driven landscape. Together, these platforms bridge the gap between security, governance, compliance, and resilience, enabling organizations to achieve a comprehensive, context-rich understanding of their data. This synergy allows for the identification of what data is truly important, how it is being used, who has access to it, and why – all critical insights for applying precise, effective controls that proactively defend against risk, ensure compliance, and support robust governance.” Stringfellow further noted, “The combined solution not only safeguards sensitive information and prevents unauthorized access to AI models but also strengthens the ability to detect and mitigate risks swiftly, maintaining both privacy and regulatory compliance. By unifying data resilience and data security, this integration addresses the complex challenges of data protection in intelligent environments. It enables organizations to harness the power of AI with confidence, knowing their data is both resilient and secure – closing the gap between data security and data resilience in a way that empowers businesses to innovate safely and effectively.”
The transaction is projected to close in the fourth quarter, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Veeam plans to continue offering Securiti AI’s Data Command Center alongside its existing products and intends to announce new integrated capabilities. Morgan Stanley served as the financial advisor to Securiti AI, while JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.
A., provided financing to Veeam.
