Sydney Burns
About Sydney Burns
Sydney Burns is a Customer Success Representative at Varonis, specializing in data security and user behavior analytics.
Current Role at Varonis
Sydney Burns currently works as a Customer Success Representative at Varonis, a role she has held since 2020. Her responsibilities include helping organizations secure sensitive data across various platforms such as on-premises systems, Office 365, Active Directory, and VPN/DNS/Web environments. She employs Gartner's top-rated EUBA to monitor user behavior and data access, creating profiles and alerting on abnormal activities.
Previous Experience at Collabera Inc.
In 2020, Sydney Burns worked at Collabera Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina for a total of six months. She initially joined as an Associate Account Manager and then transitioned to the role of Account Manager. During her time at Collabera, she gained experience in managing client accounts and building relationships within the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area.
Educational Background
Sydney Burns completed her Bachelor's degree at East Carolina University, where she studied from 2016 to 2020. Her academic background provided the foundation for her expertise in customer success and data security.
Specialization in Data Security
Sydney Burns specializes in data security, particularly in automating data cleanup processes to maintain least privilege access. She engages data owners in decision-making processes regarding data retention and permissions. Sydney also implements advanced audit trails and uses user behavior analytics to detect data breaches, privilege abuse, and insider threats. Her work focuses on reducing response and detection times for alerts using over 170 threat models.
Monitoring and Threat Detection Capabilities
Sydney Burns is adept at monitoring DNS, VPN, and web proxy activities to detect and contextualize attacks such as malware and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) intrusions. Her work ensures that organizations can quickly identify and respond to potential security threats, thereby maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive data.