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Efficient and Productive Data Security Tool
May 10, 2022

Efficient and Productive Data Security Tool

Mansi Talwar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Security Guardium

We are widely using IBM Security Guardium throughout the organization since it is being ranked as the number 1 product in the data security tools. It provides security against the sensitive data of the clients and also secures the cloud-based platforms such as NoSQL, Azure databases, and Hadoop as well. It provides pre-defined templates of reports as well that can be used as per the needs.
  • Allows the users to select the access rights.
  • Allows all the activities to be tracked and flagged.
  • Monitoring is quite easy.
  • Ability to support multiple databases.
  • GUI can be tricky for beginners.
  • Administration is very difficult.
  • Error logs are sometimes very difficult to understand.
  • Saves a lot of time and effort hence increasing revenue.
  • Out of the box delivery.
  • Reporting as per client needs
IBM Security Guardium tool is quite easy to use however the GUI can be difficult for the users who are seeing it for the first time. Hence we can say that a basic knowledge of the tool is required for the users to leverage the features of the product that it offers. Monitoring databases with the help of this tool is now very easy.
IBM Security Guardium provides real-time tracking and flagging of unusual activities in the databases. It helps to monitor a large number of databases at once and can be used to monitor individual accounts as well. Also, it helps in protecting the organization's critical data with the help of auditing capabilities. It automatically identifies the threats that can be a risk to the databases.
IBM Security Guardium is a perfect tool that is a little bit more costly than other tools available on the market. But as compared to features this tool provides a lot of features that can help to detect the anomalies in the data and even help to identify the advanced threats to the system. Also, it helps to secure the cloud-based systems as well.

Do you think IBM Security Guardium delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Security Guardium's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Security Guardium live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Security Guardium go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Security Guardium again?

Yes

It is best suited for large-scale organizations that require additional security over their databases and cloud-based databases as well. It is the best tool that provides a lot of features. It helps to detect unusual activities and helps to set up real-time triggers for individual accounts as well. With this product, it has now become very easier to protect user information.