Varonis Systems Introduces Agent Intent-Based Access Control in Varonis Atlas
Varonis Systems, Inc. said it introduced Agent Intent-Based Access Control (IBAC) as a new capability in Varonis Atlas. The company positioned the feature as a way to connect AI agents to enterprise data while adding controls to detect and stop behavior that does not align with assigned instructions.
Varonis said the controls address risk that can come from agents needing access to data and tools to operate. The company said role-based access control does not evaluate what a non-human identity does with the access it has, so Agent IBAC focuses on whether an agent should be allowed to take action in a given context.
Agent IBAC evaluates whether an agent’s reasoning, tool use, and data access stay consistent with its assigned instructions. When actions do not align, the capability can alert on or block actions, and Atlas can quarantine the identity behind the agent. Varonis also said IBAC reviews prompt, response, and tool call content within a session, with support for multi-turn jailbreak attempts and customer-defined session policies in plain language.
Varonis said Agent IBAC includes intent drift detection with sensitivity settings, full session evaluation, quarantine with customer-set windows and admin controls, a human-in-the-loop option to route flagged actions for approval, and a complete audit trail that records prompts, responses, and tool execution alongside the actions Atlas took. The capability works with agents and AI tools organizations already run, including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Microsoft Copilot Studio, and it is available to Varonis Atlas customers.
“The question is no longer ‘Can a user access this data?’ but ‘In this context, should this agent be allowed to take action on this data?’” said Ron Bennatan, VP of AI and Data Security Strategy at Varonis. “We built Agent IBAC to give organizations assurance that their agents are acting as intended and not putting their business at risk.”
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