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    IBM Guardium

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Guardium is IBM's data security posture management solution, that aims to offer organizations comprehensive visibility, actionable insights and real-time controls to help users comply with regulations, preserve privacy and secure sensitive data no matter where it is stored.N/A
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    IBM Guardium
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Guardium
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
    Additional DetailsPricing is dependent based on data source environment.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Guardium
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Guardium
    IBM Guardium was selected over Bradford because it delivers a broader and more comprehensive data security platform. While Bradford is primarily focused on network access control and device visibility, Guardium provides advanced capabilities for data discovery, classification, …
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    If I compare Imperva to IBM Guardium, I could define three very important differentiators. The first is that IBM Guardium has a much more advanced suite of analytical investigation and risk detection tools than Imperva, which allows for a turnkey solution with IBM Guardium …
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    We think the IBM Guardium integration great
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    more flexible to cover more databases
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    Data based specialzed monitoring. Actually combining both gave great monitoring capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Guardium
    It's an IBM product, you know it will work
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Guardium
    When evaluating data security and activity monitoring solutions, we compared IBM Guardium against several leading platforms, including Imperva SecureSphere, Oracle Audit Vault, and native database auditing tools. While each offered basic monitoring and compliance capabilities, …
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    Chose IBM Guardium
    Guardium excels in its broad data protection and compliance monitoring, while Imperva offers good cloud data security. Guardium seems to be a much more robust platform. IBM is also investing heavily in AI for Guardium.
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    IBM Guardium is the most popular option. IBM has a stronger brand name that conveys more trust.Technically, the Thales solution was more focused on encryption than on data monitoring.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Guardium
    first of all, these products having all the capability but what is best suited for our environment we selected that as our primary goal to get monitor all the database activity then we should have its Realtime alerts and notification then again it should be in budget and …
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    Chose IBM Guardium
    IBM Security Guardium is better with its compatibility and integration methods and compatibility matrix, the other products don't cover all the database motors that IBM Guardium can do, regarding to brand, versions and editions of the database motors, IBM support and licensing …
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    No other products, only Guardium.
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    Especially cost, we use both products, but cost, we use Imperva a lot and other databases, but cloud is where we are really looking for a new differentiator. That's where I would say we still don't have anybody in that space here. Especially it can identify the risks related to …
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    Chose IBM Guardium
    Well, like I say, there's a couple out there that do this kind of thing as well. So TRX being one of the ones that do something in this space too. Also very good product. I don't think there's a lot between them to be honest. We have IBM as a partner in my organization so they …
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    Imperva did not give any expectations of working together with Oracle ksplice

    O imperva não deu expectativas de trabalhar em conjunto com o oracle ksplice
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    Chose IBM Guardium
    Guardium is part of our main product.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Guardium
    After we did the comparison between imperva and IBM Guardium we decided to buy Guardium
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    77 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    Features
    IBM Guardium
    Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
    Comparison of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) features of IBM Guardium
    Feature
    IBM Guardium
    8.1
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Shadow & Dark Data Identification7.31 Ratings
    Data Access & Entitlement Mapping8.21 Ratings
    Security Posture Assessment & Risk Prioritization9.11 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive, Agentless Scanning8.21 Ratings
    Data Lineage and Flow Tracking8.21 Ratings
    Automated Remediation Workflows8.21 Ratings
    Real-Time Data Detection and Response (DDR)8.21 Ratings
    AI-Ready Security Guardrails7.31 Ratings
    Automated Compliance Mapping8.21 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Guardium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (68 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    5.6
    (34 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Guardium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM Guardium DP is suitable for monitoring, auditing, data discovery, vulnerability analysis, and risk detection and investigation in relational and non-relational databases, cloud database services, indexed databases, and non-relational databases as well. IBM Guardium DPR is appropriate for supporting the process of detecting anomalous behavior in accessing sensitive data, helping to optimize the work of cybersecurity analysts or data team analysts by providing the data officer within our organization with insight into compromised users, compromised databases, or file servers containing sensitive data.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Provides complete monitoring of data access and usage activities.
    • Provides customizable security controls and policies that help us meet compliance and regulatory requirements.
    • Uses advanced algorithms and machine learning to detect abnormal behavior patterns.
    • Helps us protect sensitive and confidential data by controlling access.
    • Integrates easily with other security systems and tools.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Cleanup the menu bar- way too many items.
    • Ktap support for newer O/S. Recently, I have had to open support tickets to get the most recent support for the RHEL Kernel.
    • Also, upgrading agents to V12 doesnt not have the same Flex or exact match for KTAP as 11.5. You would think V12 would have the same Kernel support as 11.5. Clients are moving to V12.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    It is a perfect system to detect problems that we do not see manually, it is light, with a very simple learning curve and with great protection of our data, we will use it forever.
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    Usability
    IBM
    This software is not the easiest to use in all work environments, each department has some difficulties accessing and managing some functions, it can be considered a complex softy, but I consider it necessary to have it in the company due to its security qualities of warm cans, it offers exactly what it promises but with a little difficulty in its configuration.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    There has been great support coming from IBM. It is easy to use and a great way to keep our data secure. I would recommend this to other possible users and if I were to move companies, I would recommend we use this there too. Thank you
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    IBM Security Guardium has extended capabilities of automatically locating databases and assessing the vulnerabilities and configuration flaws in them. IBM Security Guardium stacks up against other products due to the additional features that can be easily added to your IT systems after installation. Additionally, Guardium has the ability to monitor a mainframe database environment which makes it the best choice!
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    Scalability
    IBM
    Only a few users in our shop for now
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Security and monitoring are important in a financial institution
    • Constant visibility and auditing of companies is easy with IBM Guardium.
    • la seguridad y monitored es important en una entidad financiera
    • la visibilidad y auditoria constante de empresas es facil con IBM Guardium
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Guardium Screenshots

    Screenshot of the IBM Guardium Data Protection dashboard showing all the features. One click can take you to databases or to data analytics.Screenshot of IBM Guardium Data Protection: The S-TAP and GIM Dashboard gives real-time visibility into the health and performance of S-TAPs. It is used to track the status of different S-TAP versions, see database activity across inspection engines, and view detailed insights by operating system.Screenshot of IBM Guardium DSPM: Discovery, Classification & Threat Monitoring - Automate cloud data security with discovery, classification, and continuous threat monitoring. This offers a unified view of sensitive data across cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS (SharePoint, OneDrive, Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence and more), understand its risk level, and ensure ongoing protection and compliance.Screenshot of IBM Guardium DSPM: Discovery, Classification & Threat Monitoring - Automate cloud data security with discovery, classification, and continuous threat monitoring. This offers a unified view of sensitive data across cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS (SharePoint, OneDrive, Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence and more), understand its risk level, and ensure ongoing protection and compliance.Screenshot of IBM Guardium DSPM: Discovery, Classification & Threat Monitoring - Automate cloud data security with discovery, classification, and continuous threat monitoring. This offers a unified view of sensitive data across cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS (SharePoint, OneDrive, Slack, Google Drive, Jira, Confluence and more), understand its risk level, and ensure ongoing protection and compliance.