IBM Cloud Pak for Data vs. Varonis Data Security Platform

IBM Cloud Pak for Data with Netezza is well suited for clients who require fast, economical analytics processing. It is not designed to be used as a transactional processing environment. For example, a large customer is using it during the point of sale process. That makes little sense in that business case. However, to take analysis to market faster, it excels well in that space.

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The most highlighted feature of Varonis Data Security Platform is the data analyzing mechanism. It analyzes your data all the time with some special algorithms to detect any unusual activities so that it can identify any unusual behavior or users and
take necessary action to save your sensitive data. They also offer a complete dashboard solution for their customers to control across different data stores, see their current state, and any security breaches to be addressed manually.

Incentivized

• I really like the AI and ML which enables us to source data in different sources for easy data-driven decisions.
• It's a cloud tool that keeps all our data safe, backed up ahs obtainable at any time without being exposed to any kind of risks or loss.
• I like the fact that ICP is main based on open source stack which adds value to products like VA or MCM.
• IBM support service is great and top-class.

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• Varonis logging is very robust and captures all audit events being sent from the file servers.
• The ability to report and alert on Active Directory account events works very well with file activity monitoring. It can show the complete picture of what an account did while being used.
• Have a customizable dashboard is great for being able to show upper management information that only pertains to them.

• This offering is currently available on prem, in Azure, and soon in AWS. GCP availability will be in the future as there is demand in the marketplace
• The on premise offering starts with a Base + 0 model, which is a significant appliance. There are no 'mini' offerings as there were in the past.
• At Destiny, we work closely with IBM to help our clients perform budgetary planning.

Incentivized

• Implementation can be challenging in some areas and can only be executed by the vendor
• Implementation can only be executed by the vendor and additional work can be chargeable
• Licensing can be improved upon
• Agent based so implementation can be longer than expected

Incentivized

I wish the cost was a little bit lower and increase functionality and features would give it 10/10.

Incentivized

Support has always been very responsive and addressed any issues we may have had in the past. Some local engineers are willing to come onsite or work over a web session to discuss creating a new rule set or look at some issues. Getting issues address has never been a problem. There was one feature we had trouble getting to function correctly, but support and local engineers were willing to work with us as much as needed to get it working correctly for our organization.

Incentivized

Generally this tool has been very helpful and innovative because increase our workflow and collaboration using integrated multi-cloud platform. It also enables us to deploy in any flexible way like on-premises or cloud which saves time and hard disk space. It also enables us to connect, catalog, govern, transform and analyze data regardless of the area.

Incentivized

Actually, we didn't expend much time evaluating other file auditing platforms. We chose Varonis just after a serious incident and we had already heard about Varonis at a Netapp event. So it was an easy choice. We called Varonis and asked them for a PoC, that's it. The PoC became a production and it is running until this day.

Incentivized

• IBM Cloud helps us to manage data speed across every distributed stores and clouds.
• Acts as a single unified tool which brings all our data in one place where it's safe and easy to access.
• Enables all of our data users to collaborate from a single, unified interface that supports many services that are designed to work seamless.

Incentivized

• We have identified data classifications issues that our organization was not aware of prior to the implementation.
• The tool does take a dedicated resource for it to be effective.
• Varonis has improved the speed with which we can fulfill audit requests, leaving us more time for other tasks.

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