IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment Reviews

Gilbert-Kabugi

Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company

Dec 31 2019

Good reporting, integrates well, and vulnerability assessments can be performed quickly

What is most valuable?

The interface is quite good, compared to what it used to be. The reporting features are good and there are many built-in reports that can be quickly configured. The integration is very good. It is easy to integrate with LDAP allowing multiple users to use it. The best feature is that you can see the… more»

What needs improvement?

The only problem is that some of the reports come up with blanks and missing data. In this area, it's a challenge, especially when there is a lot of traffic on the servers that you are trying to monitor. Sometimes the reports come out with question marks. Building policies is not that easy. Some… more»

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is expensive. Sometimes when we proposition a client, due to the pricing they end up with competitors such as Imperva.

What other advice do I have?

When trying to implement this product, it is better to have a dedicated IT resource to run with. Most organizations just re-assign the monitoring activities to other members of their team who are doing other things. They need dedicated resources for this tool. This is a good solid product. I would… more»

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Olufemi Adalemo

Chief Technology Officer at Leystel Nigeria Limited

Mar 17 2020

Performs well and provides clear, concise instructions to repair vulnerabilities that it identifies

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is that it provides a simple English recommendation on actions that you need to take once a vulnerability is discovered. It provides very clear and concise instructions on the steps that you need to take to remediate the vulnerabilities that are found. The performance is good.

What needs improvement?

The interface could be improved by having sub-groups of tests, ultimately making the process of collecting tests faster. As it is now, the test list is fairly long.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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What is IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment scans data infrastructures (databases, data warehouses and big data environments) to detect vulnerabilities, and suggests remedial actions. The solution identifies exposures such as missing patches, weak passwords, unauthorized changes and misconfigured privileges.