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    IBM Guardium

    Score8.5 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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    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
    Because of the implementation, it is easy to use, easy to maintain, have very positive results on the day a day usage, also we can implement more innovations using IBM Guardium and keep having a high visibility.
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    We had prior relations with IBM on other products that helped us choose IBM product.
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    worked well .
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    easy to manage
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    Better compatibility of my databases in Linux One
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    Security and regulations compliance
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    IBM QRadar discovers vulnerabilities and IBM Guardium helps on patching those vulnerabilities.
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    We selected IBM Guardium because it provided the combination of database activity monitoring, privileged access visibility, auditing, and centralized management that best matched our requirements. Compared with the other solutions we evaluated, Guardium was a better fit for …
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    as metioned earlier very convininet and easy to deploy tool with wide range of features/
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    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.
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    It's an IBM product, you know it will work
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    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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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    90 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    71 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    86 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    Features
    IBM Guardium
    Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)
    Comparison of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) features of IBM Guardium
    Feature
    IBM Guardium
    7.5
    16 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Shadow & Dark Data Identification7.514 Ratings
    Data Access & Entitlement Mapping7.216 Ratings
    Security Posture Assessment & Risk Prioritization7.814 Ratings
    Non-Intrusive, Agentless Scanning7.413 Ratings
    Data Lineage and Flow Tracking7.513 Ratings
    Automated Remediation Workflows7.416 Ratings
    Real-Time Data Detection and Response (DDR)8.011 Ratings
    AI-Ready Security Guardrails7.512 Ratings
    Automated Compliance Mapping7.514 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Guardium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (83 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    5.7
    (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
    • The time saving was one of the best improvements made by IBM Guardium, because we now have all the visibility we needed without having to ask for the db admins
    • we also improved the compliance doing by auditors in the daily tasks.
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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.