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"he solution offers trouble-free access.""We have integrated IBM Guardium​ with IBM Watson Curator. They access Curator to identify and correlate other actions the user is doing to determine if this is a legitimate action or not.""This is a multi-platform solution that consolidates everything and centralizes support for it.""Setting up Guardium was easy and straightforward.""It provides us regulatory compliance proof and evidence for audit.""There are different modules but the most valuable ones are firewalling and masking. Additionally, the auditing of the entire database is helpful, which includes all the activity of the database users and administrators. We can monitor everything and log as well.""The ability to collect the data without database administers being able to modify it.""The most valuable feature of the solution for the customers is the monitoring and full log of the database activity of privileged users."

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"It allows us to run models against it and do reports against it without understanding the different database technologies.""The centralization of the data is probably the most useful feature because we span multiple database technologies. We also find the GBDI portion of it very helpful."

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"There could be a feature to integrate and protect multiple databases. The local support services need improvements as well.""Since we are resellers we do not have enough information about the technical aspects and the areas of improvement. However, one consistent report that we receive from our customers is that IBM does not offer timely support due to the size of the organisation. It would be great if they could improve their response time.""​Overall testing and quality need improvement. It is fairly buggy at times, so it feels like it could use additional staff on the product, testing and trying it out.""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.""The installation should be a bit easier.""​It will not go as fast as you want. ​""I would like to be able to upgrade appliances within major versions without needing to rebuild the appliance.""The deployment is complex and requires expertise to deploy."

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"It can be simplified as it is a little complicated.""It would be better if it were more user-friendly. Right now, it's a little bit of a complicated product to use. Another problem that we have is with encrypted traffic on Oracle. This is because it requires a database outage. That's a pain in the butt because you're monitoring critical systems, and they don't like outages."

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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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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is a solution for database security from IBM that gives complete visibility, control, and analysis to secure sensitive data and comply with regulations IBM… 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 yearly basis.
    Top Answer:It allows us to run models against it and do reports against it without understanding the different database technologies.
    Top Answer:I cannot comment on the overall pricing of the solution because we purchased it through IBM, but IBM is quite expensive, so we are considering moving to another solution.
    Top Answer:Our primary use case for the solution is as a data lake for database activity, so it centralizes and normalizes all the data.
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium
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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.

    At JSonar we're passionate about solving today's complex and costly approach to database security. We empower enterprise organizations to meet the needs of their transforming business by delivering a 360-degree view of their database security and compliance program across any on-premise and cloud environments. We rapidly deploy a comprehensive database security platform at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions, delivering greater database coverage and richer, actionable security intelligence, all out of the box!

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    Financial Services Firm40%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Insurance Company10%
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    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government9%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm36%
    Insurance Company11%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Computer Software Company6%
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise84%
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    IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 70 reviews while jSonar is ranked 6th in Database Security with 2 reviews. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2, while jSonar is rated 8.0. 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 jSonar writes "Serves as a data lake for database activity and helps to centralize and normalize data". IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security and Trustwave DbProtect, whereas jSonar is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security and Oracle Audit Vault.

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