Databricks Didn't Announce a Security Product. It Announced a Different Way to Think About Security Spending.
Databricks spent years as a quiet data infrastructure company. It did not chase security headlines. It built the platform where enterprise data lives. Databrick’s Lakewatch, launched in March 2026, is what happens when you stop treating security as a separate application and run it directly inside that platform instead. For existing Databricks customers, this is not a new vendor decision. It is a question of whether the infrastructure they already own can replace a tool they are probably overpaying for.
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