In a move to attract customers looking to integrate AI applications into their cloud data security and management systems, Veeam Software has agreed to acquire Securiti AI for $1.73 billion.
“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,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam, in a statement.
He added, “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.”
The deal combines Veeam’s backup and recovery platform with Securiti’s data security posture management (DSPM), privacy, and governance tools to create what Veeam calls a “single control plane” for data across hybrid, cloud, and SaaS environments. The goal: to help organizations better manage and secure their data in the growing shift to AI-driven business transformation.
The convergence of protection and governance
The acquisition reflects a growing trend among data protection and security vendors to marry resilience and governance to unify data that is often sprawled across applications, endpoints, and backup vaults. Enterprises are increasingly waking up to the fact that backup data is more than a safety net; it is both a vulnerability and a goldmine.
In a recent survey conducted by theCube Research, nearly 44% of organizations said that data-protection infrastructure, both on-premises and cloud backups, was the most frequently compromised component following a cyber incident.
The study, fielded in Q1 2025 with 600 qualified respondents — three-quarters of whom employ more than 1,000 employees — across North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific, underscores the widening recognition that resilience alone is not enough. As cyberattacks increasingly target secondary data, organizations are being forced to rethink how backup, governance, and compliance intersect.
AI readiness depends on trusted data
The timing of the acquisition aligns with the data industry’s ongoing race to make AI deployment safe and reliable. According to Veeam, as many as 80% to 90% of AI projects fail due to fragmented or ungoverned data. The company is betting that unifying data protection with governance will help enterprises build the trust foundation that AI requires.
“In the current era, where AI is only as reliable as the data it is built upon, the importance of data accuracy and security is paramount,” noted Paul Stringfellow, Senior Analyst, Security & Risk at GigaOm, in the press release. “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.”
For Veeam, this is a significant pivot from being a backup and recovery vendor to a contender in the emerging market for unified data trust platforms. The move places the company alongside players such as Rubrik, Cohesity, Commvault, and Dell Technologies, all aiming to merge protection, governance, and AI readiness into cohesive enterprise frameworks.
Over the past year, Rubrik’s IPO filing, Cohesity’s acquisition of Veritas’ data-protection business, and Commvault’s partnerships with cyber-resilience vendors have highlighted investor appetite for end-to-end data-trust platforms that merge protection, visibility, and compliance.
What comes next
The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, pending regulatory approval. Once complete, Veeam plans to fold Securiti’s data-intelligence tools into its core platform, giving customers deeper visibility into where data resides, who has access to it, and how it’s being used.
The deal marks a defining reality for the data security sector, where leadership in AI-driven transformation now hinges on the ability to both secure and intelligently leverage data.
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