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We performed a comparison between IBM Security Guardium Data Protection 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.
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Pros
"One of the most valuable features is the accelerator. It has a predefined report for PCI SOX compliance and other compliances.""It protects sensitive data and blocks unauthorized access to the data.""It sends out an immediate alert when there's suspicious activity.""We are using it to do a lot of data discovery from a data classification for structured data.""It allows us to put in controls to make sure that only the right persons access the proper records in the database.""The most valuable features have been how easy it is to deploy and use, as well as the comprehensive monitoring options. These are a few things that customers like most about this product.""It does not require our involvement to run it. It runs in the background and the people that do the reporting do so. The reports go to the directors who are in charge of the various data areas. It's pretty clean. Clearly there is some setup, but after you get it set up it just goes.""It provides a comprehensive security for databases, both on-prem and on the cloud. Among the advanced features we use automatic backups, DR."

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"It has provided us with a unique opportunity to automate risk discovery.""The solution is very stable and reliable.""Out-of-the-box policies ensure our compliance with standards like SOX, ISO 27001, and so on.""All of the other components that make up the infrastructure in the environment including the operating system are also quite valuable.""It is a good product for controlling all databases. It is helpful for auditing the data. When people are doing any actions on the databases, they are recorded automatically in the vault. You can work on the collected data to find out exactly what is happening on a database. You can implement database encryption on the databases to control people's access to the database content, such as rows and tables.""The feature that I have found most valuable is that it can help us secure our databases.""Our client was scheduled to take a year and a half to set up compliance, but by deploying this product they were able to do the compliance reports within three months.""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."

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Cons
"​It will not go as fast as you want. ​""Personally, I would not recommend this product.""We've had some issues recently that we're working through, on the agent software that runs on the databases.""The backup and recovery is very resource-hungry and requires a huge amount of storage capacity.""Can't be used for a NoSQL database, which is limiting.""It was difficult implementing it, configuring it, getting it up and running and in production. However, since then, I believe it has stabilized.""I'd like to see a smoother GUI interface for the CAS agent - CAS does configurations on the database - to interface better with the vulnerability assessments.""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."

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"The product monitors only the database and not the operating systems.""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.""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.""One feature that is missing is the ability to have a secret server that is always encrypted.""Some of our customers were asking about latency when the application wants to get to the database.""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.""This solution doesn't audit the network.""Stability could be improved, we have had some challenges"

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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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  • "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, 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:All of the other components that make up the infrastructure in the environment including the operating system are also quite valuable.
    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 sorting reports are some of the features which can be enhanced. Some issues pop up… more »
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    Also Known As
    InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium
    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.

    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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    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
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    Financial Services Firm40%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Insurance Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government9%
    Insurance Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm33%
    Insurance Company8%
    University8%
    Non Tech Company8%
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    Financial Services Firm26%
    Government17%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise73%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise37%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs. Oracle Audit Vault
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs. Oracle Audit Vault and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 70 reviews while Oracle Audit Vault is ranked 3rd in Database Security with 27 reviews. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2, while Oracle Audit Vault 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 Oracle Audit Vault writes "Enhanced interface, agentless, and simple setup". IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security, Vormetric Application Crypto Suite and IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Privacy, whereas Oracle Audit Vault is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Trustwave DbProtect, DB Networks DBN-6300, DataSunrise Database Security and jSonar. See our IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs. Oracle Audit Vault report.

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