We performed a comparison between Imperva SecureSphere Database Security and Oracle Audit Vault based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Flexible reporting allows for customization that keeps the admins from having to interact with system automation."
"Imperva's most valuable features are ease of use and log correlation. I also like the ability to trace activity from the host machine to the server access, the user details, and the exact query that they executed. If a database administrator or application process executes a query on the database, people know exactly what was executed, including all the variables."
"A solution which does what other name brand products do for a lower cost."
"The technical support for Imperva is super, super, super."
"This solution has helped secure our Internet-based services, protecting us against DoS and other types of web-based attacks."
"The most valuable features of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security are the user-friendliness, easy-to-use interface compared to competitors, database operations do not need a specialist, and simple to manage for our security team. Additionally, the solution can show all the databases and the level of sensitivity. It can show what is more sensitive or less sensitive."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the database security policy."
"The cyber intelligence feature is the most valuable."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that it can help us secure our databases."
"It has reduced the stress of collecting database event logs in silos from each database."
"Technical support is perfect."
"This solution acts as a complete data warehouse for our audit data."
"All of the other components that make up the infrastructure in the environment including the operating system are also quite valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Audit Vault is that it is agentless and enhanced user interface."
"A powerful, flexible solution for database traffic monitoring."
"Out-of-the-box policies ensure our compliance with standards like SOX, ISO 27001, and so on."
"The solution could improve by having more integration."
"The GUI for this solution could use some improvement."
"Once we read the activity logs on the platform, we cannot open them anywhere else as they are stored in a proprietary format."
"The interface is not user-friendly."
"The only challenge I see is that SecureSphere is deployed on servers or databases which are held on physical infrastructure. However, there are databases which are hosted on cloud platforms and Imperva has a separate tool altogether for that, not SecureSphere."
"Imperva needs to improve their cloud capabilities."
"Technical support for this solution needs improvement."
"Database security from the access management perspective could be better."
"The performance of Oracle Audit Vault could be improved, especially in handling large data collections and generating reports on time."
"Customized reporting is something that we are struggling with, and it is quite tough for us."
"An easy, friendly user interface would be nice to have, since this would enable administrators to identify important events with a prompt response."
"We would like to see the ability to administer and manage the solution through Enterprise Manager 13c, and development of the dashboards that are generally missing."
"I hear from many people that say IBM Guardian is better than Oracle Audit Vault when it comes to performance. IBM Guardian works transparently in the database, but Oracle Audit Vault consumes some ratios on the server."
"The product monitors only the database and not the operating systems."
"Stability could be improved, we have had some challenges"
"One feature that is missing is the ability to have a secret server that is always encrypted."
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Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is ranked 2nd in Database Security with 52 reviews while Oracle Audit Vault is ranked 3rd in Database Security with 28 reviews. Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is rated 8.2, while Oracle Audit Vault is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security writes "The fine-grained auditing available on the platform makes life easier and helps explain anything happening in your database". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Audit Vault writes "Enhanced interface, agentless, and simple setup". Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is most compared with IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, DataSunrise Database Security, Trustwave DbProtect, jSonar and Imperva DDoS, whereas Oracle Audit Vault is most compared with IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, Trustwave DbProtect, DB Networks DBN-6300, DataSunrise Database Security and jSonar. See our Imperva SecureSphere Database Security vs. Oracle Audit Vault report.
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