Cohesity & Cyera integrate DSPM to boost data security

Cohesity has expanded its partnership with Cyera by integrating Cyera's data security posture management (DSPM) technology into the Cohesity Data Cloud. The result is a new offering branded Cohesity Data Security Posture Management, powered by Cyera.

The integration is positioned as a way for organisations to find and classify sensitive data, then connect that visibility to protection and recovery processes. It comes as many organisations face rapid data growth and broader use of cloud services, SaaS applications, and AI tools.

What is changing

The integration embeds Cyera's DSPM functions directly into the Cohesity platform. The combined product focuses on continuous discovery and classification, along with monitoring and risk visibility across large data estates.

The system can scan data stores without deploying agents and can classify both structured and unstructured data. The workflow is described as moving from discovery and classification to posture analysis, protection, and recovery readiness.

DSPM products have gained attention as security teams try to understand where sensitive data sits and who can access it, particularly when data spans multiple cloud environments and third-party applications. Cohesity and Cyera also pointed to sensitive data flowing into AI workflows-and the emergence of AI agents-as factors that can increase exposure and complicate governance.

Speed and scale

Cohesity said the integrated product provides risk visibility across petabytes of data in minutes, with "high-precision results (up to 95%)" for classification and remediation.

The approach combines agentless scanning with what the companies describe as AI-native classification. The aim is to identify sensitive data, assess posture, and provide a centralised view of risk so security teams can prioritise remediation.

"Data is the foundation of modern business. And in the era of cloud and agentic AI, it is also where cyber risk concentrates and accelerates. At Cohesity, our 5 Steps to Cyber Resilience start with understanding and securing data before an attack ever occurs," said Sanjay Poonen, CEO and President, Cohesity.

"By expanding our partnership with Cyera and launching Cohesity DSPM, powered by Cyera, we are bringing best-in-class, AI-native data security posture management into our cyber resilience platform. Together, we help organizations continuously discover and classify sensitive data, reduce exposure, and close the loop from visibility to protection and rapid recovery so that they can innovate with AI confidently and securely," Poonen said.

Link to recovery

Cohesity and Cyera are presenting the integration as a way to connect data intelligence with data protection and recovery. The framing reflects growing interest in how security controls interact with backup and restore processes, particularly after ransomware incidents.

"Cyber resilience in the agentic AI era starts with understanding your data, because you cannot protect or recover what you cannot see," said Yotam Segev, co-founder and CEO of Cyera.

"By bringing Cyera's purpose-built AI security platform directly into Cohesity's best-in-class cyber resilience platform, we are advancing our shared vision around giving our joint customers the data security and protection backbone for AI-driven growth," Segev said.

As part of the product message, Cohesity said the combined approach can reduce redundant, obsolete, and trivial data. It also linked the offering to compliance requirements and operational considerations such as deployment time and cost.

Market context

Todd Thiemann, Principal Analyst at Omdia, linked the announcement to lessons organisations report after ransomware events, when classification and protection gaps often surface during reviews.

"As enterprise data volumes grow and AI adoption expands, organisations are finding that cyber resilience increasingly depends on having accurate, scalable visibility into their data estates," said Todd Thiemann, Principal Analyst, Omdia. "Omdia research indicates that enterprises that suffered successful ransomware attacks look to better data classification and protection as top areas for improvement. The combination of best-of-breed data intelligence with enterprise-scale data protection and recovery, such as Cohesity's collaboration with Cyera, addresses these needs by aligning visibility, security, and recovery around shared operational outcomes."

ANZ focus

Cohesity's local leadership linked the integration to rising AI and cloud adoption across Australia and New Zealand, and to the need for stronger controls around sensitive data.

"As organisations across Australia and New Zealand accelerate their adoption of AI, cloud, and data-intensive technologies, securing sensitive data has become a critical priority," said James Eagleton, Managing Director ANZ, Cohesity. "Our expanded partnership with Cyera brings industry-leading DSPM capabilities directly into the Cohesity Data Cloud, giving customers and partners unified, AI-driven visibility and control over their data wherever it resides. This launch reflects Cohesity's commitment to building the right strategic partnerships to deliver the outcomes our customers are asking for-solutions that strengthen cyber resilience, simplify operations, and keep pace with the realities of modern data risk."

Cyera said it has secured more than USD $1.7 billion in funding and is valued at USD $9 billion. Cohesity said its customer base spans more than 140 countries and includes a large share of the Fortune Global 500. The companies said the integrated DSPM product is part of a broader expansion of Cohesity's data security portfolio.