We performed a comparison between IBM Security Guardium Data Protection and Informatica Persistent Data Masking 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."It provides a comprehensive security for databases, both on-prem and on the cloud. Among the advanced features we use automatic backups, DR."
"The tool helps detect invalid login attempts within a specific time frame."
"It has automated a bunch of manual tasks, giving us insights into activities that we would not otherwise be able to capture."
"Audit Process Builder – Workflow generator to enhance audit tasks and compliance workflows."
"Guardium does a great job of capturing data and having the ability of trying to pull it out and make sense of it. Using it for business applications is its biggest capability."
"The front-end works very well."
"It provides us regulatory compliance proof and evidence for audit."
"IBM Guardium Data Protection is very good at keeping your database secure."
"The most valuable features are the structure masking and platform masking."
"Informatica Persistent Data Masking can mask production data for different users, ensuring that only authorized individuals can access sensitive information."
"Informatica is user-friendly, stable, and scalable. These three aspects are the most valuable for us. If we can make it work well with the CRM, we can continue or try again this year to complete that part of the project. I am confident that this kind of solution is what we need because we have a third-party resource that works in the development."
"The most valuable feature is data discovery. This is the most exciting feature for all of the banks."
"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."
"Initial setup is very complex. Once you start interacting with people's databases, they get very hesitant. Then, the amount of social tasks to socialize the solution ensuring people are comfortable with it became a much heavier lift."
"We have had some issues with patches breaking things unexpectedly in our environments."
"Guardium Data Protection is far better in terms of external integration. But in terms of firewall features, like when you're blocking activities, it's as if Oracle AVDF simply has superior features. This is just from third-party observations, but the users of Oracle AVDF are saying that when it comes to the firewall and protection functionality, they're much more inclined to AVDF."
"I am struggling getting through to social."
"The installation should be a bit easier."
"IBM Guardium Data Protection is a mature product. There is a lot of encryption that is not owned by IBM and is done by a third party and is not an integral part of the solution."
"Flexibility could be improved."
"Using the data in native Guardium is difficult, at best."
"Informatica's support understands the solution, but they lack the experience we need for our use case. That was one thing that we prioritized when we started searching for this kind of solution."
"The data discovery isn't that good yet for Salesforce. We have another tool that we use for this. It may be a problem because Salesforce on the cloud."
"Once the data is masked, we won't be able to reverse it back to its original value."
"I have encountered some issues using the substitution, which is one of the techniques of data masking."
"Informatica should simplify the rules for setting classifications and user access management permissions. It's too complex to define, configure, and make work."
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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 70 reviews while Informatica Persistent Data Masking is ranked 10th in Data Masking with 5 reviews. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2, while Informatica Persistent Data Masking is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection writes "Provides visibility, has a single console that shows all information, and collector-aggregator capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Informatica Persistent Data Masking writes "Enables secure data protection during testing and controlled access to sensitive information". IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security and Delphix, whereas Informatica Persistent Data Masking is most compared with Delphix, IBM InfoSphere Optim, Protegrity Data Security and Oracle GoldenGate. See our IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs. Informatica Persistent Data Masking report.
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