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We performed a comparison between IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, IDERA SQL Compliance Manager, and Oracle Audit Vault based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"We now have the ability to begin to understand how people, applications, and service accounts are interacting with data to better protect it.""Supports security initiatives and ensures compliance policies.""It tests security to support SOX compliance.""The most valuable feature I have found is the performance of client monitoring. The other competitors are unable to do this.""IBM Guardium Data Protection is very good at keeping your database secure.""Guardium lets you centrally manage aggregators and collectors.""The tool helps detect invalid login attempts within a specific time frame.""he solution offers trouble-free access."

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"The initial setup was straightforward.""The tool can track logins and login failures. I made my own alert so that if there is a certain number of login failures for a server, it emails me. That is really useful. If I want logins to automatically lock out after a certain number of failed attempts, I can know when that happens.""The ability to track activity including the SQL statements is definitely valuable. I really like how the database is laid out. It's straightforward. I can query the back-end tables. I've made a few of my own email alerts based on the data and the tables. It's accessible."

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"The most valuable feature of Oracle Audit Vault is that it is agentless and enhanced user interface.""Out-of-the-box policies ensure our compliance with standards like SOX, ISO 27001, and so on.""The critical event alerts and reporting features have greatly reduced loss of man hours that would have been spent on going through the whole audit event logs.""Technical support is perfect.""The feature that I have found most valuable is that it can help us secure our databases.""Our clients can see all of their past actions or the wrong activity done on the network. We can load the diagnostics for the business.""The solution is very stable and reliable.""This solution acts as a complete data warehouse for our audit data."

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Cons
"Deployment process is very complicated as you need to now all advanced parameters. Almost not possible to figure out for yourself.""The deployment is complex and requires expertise to deploy.""I would like to see a lot of additional reporting and analytics features. They have basic outlier detection, but I would love to see that go further, and model it after analytics tools like Splunk.""I would like to see IBM Guardium have other encryption algorithms employed.""An improvement would be to make the pricing relative in terms of regions.""More automation, user guides, and tips would make this solution better.""If IBM Guardium Data Protection could find a way to not have a lot of coding and development required to get the solution up and running it would be an advantage. The information of the agent could improve, which is necessary for us to monitor the databases would be a great benefit.""More predictive, using Watson AI would be good."

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"I submitted a ticket (last year) about archiving/grooming of old records because the GUI functionality was not working. Per their recommendation, I ended up using a command line to do it.""What would really a good thing is if you could refer to an external list or table for filtering on, say, certain applications, IP addresses, or host names; or perhaps even combinations of host name and application name.""Its filtration and navigation are not the best.""There is an agent that collects the data on SQL Server. Sometimes it will stop collecting. I'm not exactly sure what's happening but I have to go in and manually restart the agent. It would be nice if the central collection server could send a request to the agent to restart.""The set up is kind of clunky, in my opinion. It's not really intuitive. If they had either a smoother install or better instructions, that would be nice."

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"One feature that is missing is the ability to have a secret server that is always encrypted.""Currently, you need two servers: one for Audit Vault and one for the firewall. If they can combine them into one server, it will be great because it is costly to have two servers. It will also make its installation easier. I have heard that in the new version, there will be only one server for both.""An easy, friendly user interface would be nice to have, since this would enable administrators to identify important events with a prompt response.""Customized reporting is something that we are struggling with, and it is quite tough for us.""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.""They should simplify the integration and work with different vendors and mechanisms.""The product monitors only the database and not the operating systems.""The support could improve."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We haven't talked much about pricing and licencing. But it is not cheap for sure"
  • "I would suggest to review the type of data, need for security, and if the organizational structure needs the options IBM Guardium provides."
  • "​If you are researching this type of solution, work with IBM."
  • "Guardium has not saved us time or money."
  • "The biggest challenge is the cost associated with the product, and the cost of maintaining. Everything is not translated directly to the benefits we see. There are benefits, yes, but if I were writing the check, would I buy Guardium? No."
  • "Guardium won mostly because of our scope and scale. It was able to perform at the scale that we wanted to use it. ​"
  • "The price of Guardium is higher than the main competitor, Imperva. In addition, it's complex as the calculation of the licensing is done by Processor Value Unit (PVU). However, before purchasing a DAP solution, it is important to analyze specific points to evaluate the cost-benefit of each tool. For example: Does the environment to be monitored have mainframes? If so, it's a point for Guardium. If not, a point for Imperva. Note: IBM is looking into a new licensing policy and reducing the price of Guardium."
  • "One of the deployments that I know of had three databases, and the yearly fees are approximately $50,000 USD."
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  • "It's a good price value... The other tools weren't cheaper."
  • "The pricing is pretty good."
  • "I feel the product's pricing is a good value."
  • "The product is cheaper than other products I checked but it is still a good idea to check again and compare."
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  • "The licensing cost is about $360,000, annually."
  • "This solution is definitely not expensive, and it is a small fraction of the overall database licensing costs."
  • "Oracle can be an expensive solution depending on the options and user needs."
  • "For the bank, the license was $48,000 last time. That was the licensing for the bank on just one license."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is a solution for database security from IBM that gives complete visibility… more »
    Top Answer:It sends out an immediate alert when there's suspicious activity.
    Top Answer:IBM solutions have fair price strategy, and operates on a yearly basis. If it's a SaaS solution, then you can opt for… more »
    Top Answer:The solution could be improved by using the proper filtration, navigation of the information it captured, and being more… more »
    Top Answer:All of the other components that make up the infrastructure in the environment including the operating system are also… more »
    Top Answer:I am currently using the free version and I was not required to buy a license.
    Top Answer:I believe that we can always customize according to our needs. More custom reports, some confidential options, and… more »
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium
    IDERA SQL CM
    Audit Vault
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    Overview

    IBM Security Guardium Data Protection automatically discovers and classifies sensitive data from across the enterprise, providing real-time data activity monitoring and advanced user behavior analytics to help discover unusual activity around sensitive data.

    Deploy the solution to help discover regulated data in your data stores and use pre-built templates for regulations such as PCI, SOX, HIPAA, CCPA and many more, to streamline and automate compliance workflows.

    SQL Compliance Manager helps database administrators to monitor, audit, and alert on SQL Server user activity and data changes. Unlike its competition, it provides quick configuration of audit settings, a broad list of regulatory guideline templates for audit settings and reports, before and after data values for both regulatory compliance and forensic data investigations, differentiation of data access and between regular and privileged users and applications, easy specification of and reporting on sensitive data columns access and changes, and extensive customization of audit settings for databases and servers.

    Oracle Audit Vault monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic to detect and block threats, as well as improves compliance reporting by consolidating audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and other sources.
    Sample Customers
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    Hanger; AmerisourceBergen; CMS Energy; Manulife Financial; Patterson Companies; Pfizer; Rockwell Automation; TrialCard; Unum; Verizon Communications; Skygen USA; Calpine Energy Solutions; Standard Chartered PLC; TrialCard, Inc.; Raffles Hospital; Houston Methodist; Community America Credit Union; Noble Americas Energy Solutions LLC; QuikTrip Corporation; HUK COBURG; OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd.
    Abu Dhabi Department of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Educational Testing Service, Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd., SPC Brasil, REDISA, Qatar Olympic Committee, Seneca College, Hunan Social Insurance Management and Service Bureau,
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm40%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Insurance Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm28%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government9%
    Insurance Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Educational Organization13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Insurance Company8%
    University8%
    Non Tech Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Government17%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise71%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise37%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise66%
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