Veeam Completes Acquisition of Securiti AI to Create the Industry’s First Trusted Data Platform for Accelerating Safe AI at Scale

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 11, 2025--

Veeam ® Software, the #1 global leader by market share in Data Resilience, today announced the completion of its $1.725 billion acquisition of Securiti AI, the recognized leader in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), privacy, governance and AI trust.

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The combination brings together the world’s leading Data Resilience platform – trusted by over 550,000 customers and 82% of the Fortune 500 – with the industry’s most advanced data security, governance and AI Trust platform. Together, they form the first unified and trusted Data Platform: one system to see, secure, govern, and recover all data at AI speed.

The New Reality: AI Moves Fast. Trust Must Move Faster.

“AI investment is exploding, yet nearly 90% of enterprise initiatives fail because the data powering AI cannot be trusted,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam. “Safe AI at scale requires more than great models – it demands trusted, governed, recoverable data. Veeam already leads the world in Data Resilience – unmatched in share, global footprint and innovation. By combining that foundation with Securiti AI’s leadership across DSPM, privacy, governance, and AI trust, we are delivering the first platform that can see everything, secure everything, and recover anything across the entire data estate.”

AI has transformed previously dormant unstructured data into a source of competitive advantage - but also into a fast-moving, high-stakes risk surface. Fragmented security, governance, and protection tools are too slow for machine-speed data access and AI agent behavior.

Together, Veeam and Securiti AI will give customers:

This is resilience, security, governance, and privacy united to make AI safe, compliant, and auditable at scale.

Veeam will welcome 600 Securiti AI employees, expanding its global expertise in AI security, DSPM, privacy engineering, and compliance. Rehan Jalil, Securiti AI founder and CEO, joins Veeam as President of Security and AI.

“We’re excited to welcome the Securiti AI team,” Eswaran added. “Together, we now deliver the only platform that unifies Data Resilience, security, privacy, governance, and AI trust – giving customers complete control over their data and the confidence to accelerate into the era of intelligent systems.”

Jalil added, “We are thrilled to join forces with Veeam. Together, we will empower customers with a unified command center to understand, secure, recover, and unlock the full potential of their entire data estate. This is about enabling safe AI at scale - giving organizations the confidence to innovate fearlessly while protecting their most valuable asset.”

Why This Matters Now

AI adoption has turned unstructured data, which is 90% of enterprise data 1 and projected to triple by 2029 2, into both a strategic asset and a new class of risk. Meanwhile, most AI failures are driven by incomplete, inconsistent, or ungoverned data, and cyber threats are intensifying at AI speed.

The unified Veeam and Securiti AI platform gives customers real-time visibility, security, governance, and recovery across all data – production, backups, AI pipelines, cloud, on-premises – at the velocity of AI.

What the Unified Platform Will Deliver

Organizations will be able to:

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Supporting Quotes

“The completion of Veeam’s acquisition of Securiti AI marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of enterprise data resilience and AI governance. Uniting data security posture management with data protection can help organizations implement AI initiatives with trusted, compliant, and recoverable data. This acquisition empowers organizations to unlock the value of their entire data ecosystem – including structured and unstructured data in both production and secondary environments – allowing them to innovate quickly while mitigating risk from both insider threats and external attacks.” – Jennifer Glenn, Research Director for the IDC Security and Trust Group

“Securiti AI joined HPE’s Unleash AI program in 2024 to help customers innovate safely on HPE Private Cloud AI, and today, we’re proud to see that commitment recognized through Veeam’s acquisition. This milestone not only underscores the strength of HPE’s Unleash AI partner ecosystem, but further ensures our customers are receiving robust data security, privacy, and governance enabled by Veeam and Securiti AI’s combined capabilities.” – Patrick Osborne, SVP of Technology Acceleration for Hybrid Cloud at HPE

About Veeam Software

Veeam®, the #1 global market leader in data resilience, believes every business should be able to bounce forward after a disruption with the confidence and control of all their data whenever and wherever they need it.​ Veeam calls this radical resilience, and we’re obsessed with creating innovative ways to help our customers achieve it.

Veeam solutions are purpose-built for powering data resilience by providing data backup, data recovery, data portability, data security, and data intelligence. ​With Veeam, IT and security leaders rest easy knowing that their apps and data are protected and always available across their cloud, virtual, physical, SaaS, and Kubernetes environments.

Headquartered in Seattle with offices in more than 30 countries, Veeam protects over 550,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500, that trust Veeam to keep their businesses running. ​Radical resilience starts with Veeam. Learn more at www.veeam.com or follow Veeam on LinkedIn @veeam-software and X @veeam.

Why are the majority of AI projects failing?

According to Data Resilience leader Veeam, AI initiatives are stalling because the data feeding them can’t be trusted.

How can you ensure the success of your AI projects?

By eliminating the challenge of managing fragmented data across the organization, AI projects are more likely to succeed. Organizations need a unified command center to fully control and understand all of their data, as well as secure it with near-zero data loss or business downtime, and the ability to recover and roll back their data and AI with precision.

How can organizations achieve trusted and secure AI adoption at scale?

Through the industry’s first unified data platform - combining data resilience, security, privacy, and governance - Veeam will enable organizations to adopt AI safely and confidently at scale.

What advantages do customers gain from Veeam’s acquisition with Securiti AI?

Customers will benefit from Veeam’s acquisition of Securiti AI through unified visibility by gaining a comprehensive view of their entire data landscape to streamline management, improve data quality, and support effective decision-making.

1https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/big-data-analytics-market-106179

2https://www.statista.com/statistics/871513/worldwide-data-created/?srsltid=AfmBOoonnH5f5oRb54qNo127QeuH6Q7TPtd2tEbiAR2ESvi__ZOJSW5F

Veeam Software completes its $1.725 billion acquisition of Securiti AI. Together, they form the first unified and trusted Data Platform: one system to see, secure, govern, and recover all data at AI speed. Anand Eswaran, CEO at Veeam, welcomes 600 Securiti AI employees and Rehan Jalil, Securiti AI founder and CEO, as President of Security and AI at Veeam.

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A crack in a damaged chemical tank in Southern California has eliminated the risk of a catastrophic explosion but it's still not safe enough for the remaining 16,000 residents living closest to the aerospace plant to go home, officials said Tuesday.

Crews were spraying water to keep cooling the tank that overheated last week, prompting the evacuation of 50,000 people in the Orange County city of Garden Grove. Most returned home after a crack formed over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, relieving pressure inside.

The evacuation zone remained the same on Tuesday morning, said Orange County Fire Capt. Brian Yau.

Crews worked overnight to ensure two other nearby tanks were neutralized and would not be affected by the compromised tank, he said, adding that material from one of these two tanks was transferred to another that has a neutralizing agent.

“They are moving material over to ensure that all threats have been eliminated,” Yau said.

Those threats include the risk of a very small explosion and potential spill, officials said.

Exposure to methyl methacrylate — a highly flammable chemical used to make plastics — can cause serious respiratory problems, neurological problems and irritation to the skin, eyes and throat, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The tank at the GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems plant contains 6,000 to 7,000 gallons (22,700 to 26,500 liters) of the chemical.

The interior cooled to 93 degrees F (33.9 degrees C), the county's fire division chief Craig Covey said Monday, down from 100 degrees (37.7 degrees C) a day earlier. The company said its technical specialists and the county fire authority have removed insulation from the tank to help cool it.

Health officials sought to reassure people who are returning to homes near the plant.

“There was no contamination. There were no fumes,” Orange County Health Director Regina Chinsio-Kwong said at Monday's news conference. “There was not a leak. So it should be, you should feel comfortable going home even if you’re across the street from that new zone line.”

The South Coast Air Quality Management District will monitor the air for several months and the EPA will be checking sewer and storm drains for spills, Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen said.

Garden Grove Unified School District said last week it was shutting a dozen schools through what was supposed to be the last day of the school year on Wednesday but later said only three would remain closed Tuesday. It was unclear if they would reopen before the school year ends this week.

At a parking lot at a large park in Fountain Valley, just southwest of Garden Grove, people sought refuge in an ad hoc shelter there or pitched tents outside. Other people gathered in the park to enjoy Memorial Day.

Kim Yen, a retiree who was still evacuated from her home two blocks from the plant, welcomed news that the worst was not expected.

“I am happy and many of us are happy,” she said Monday.

She said she's ready to go back but wants to be sure it’s safe first. She's also been worrying about the emergency workers, who she called “our heroes.”

As the tank heated up, the chemical converted from liquid to gas, ramping up the pressure and explosion risk, said Andrew Whelton, a Purdue University engineering professor who has studied environmental contamination. Some of the methyl methacrylate may already have hardened into a stable plastic similar to plexiglass, reducing the danger, he said.

The tank could eventually cool enough for crews to safely stabilize and drain the remaining material without triggering a spark or ignition, Whelton said.

However, he said there is still a risk of an explosion while the chemical remains hot and reactive. Temperatures need to fall closer to 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit (15.6 to 21.1 degrees C) before conditions are considered significantly safer, he said.

GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems makes cockpit windows, canopies and windshields for military and commercial aircraft. It employs about 16,000 people across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries, according to the company website.

“We apologize for the ongoing disruption this incident is causing and our priority remains its safe resolution, so that residents can return to their homes as quickly as possible,” the company said.

GKN Aerospace agreed in 2025 to pay state regulators more than $900,000 to settle violations involving recordkeeping, permitting issues and nitrogen oxide emissions, according to a report on the South Coast Air Quality Management District website.

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This story has been corrected to attribute a quote to TJ McGovern, interim fire chief of the Orange County Fire Authority, not to division chief Craig Covey.

Willingham reported from Boston. Contributing were Associated Press journalists Jamie Stengle in Dallas; Ethan Swope in Garden Grove, California; and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles.

Two evacuees sit in their pickup truck at a gas station within the evacuation zone in Stanton, Calif., Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

An aerial view shows a police checkpoint enforcing a road closure at the evacuation zone boundary in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Jan De Jonge and fiancé Sher Stuckman set up a tent with their belonging and pet outside the Elks Lodge in Garden Grove, Calif., on Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

An evacuation map is displayed at the incident command post at the Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Water is sprayed on a damaged tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026, after the tank containing a chemical used to make plastic parts overheated Thursday. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

People walk outside Freedom Hall, an evacuation center in Fountain Valley, Calif., on Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

An American Red Cross volunteer walks outside Freedom Hall, an evacuation center in Fountain Valley, Calif.,on Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

People tend to their pets outside Freedom Hall, an evacuation center in Fountain Valley, Calif., on Monday, May 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)