I tried Oracle Audit Vault, but the solution wasn't as mature in terms of core database security because it doesn't integrate well with other vendors. Vault works well with Oracle solutions, but there are limitations when you want to use other types of databases. It's a bit of a problem. 

Oracle's data encryption is far superior to Imperva's, but they are not very responsive, and pricing is through the roof. That requirement would cost close to a million dollars.

Have compared the solution to IBM. Previously, I was an IBM customer, and IBM would take maybe a week to have a good configuration. 

With Imperva, it's very easy to configure. It's very easy to get the reports. The reports are coming fast, and you are saving a lot of money if you send the logs to Splunk since Splunk charges per alert. In the Imperva solution, instead of sending tons of alerts, it is consolidating everything. It helps me save money with Splunk. 

No we did not.

Normally, in this region, clients look at McAfee and Oracle security solutions first because of recognition. Our suggestions are normally to compare Imperva and Oracle. Clients like the reputation of Oracle because it has a large footprint and is proven in areas like databases and applications. Sometimes clients try to build database security strictly around Oracle Technology without considering other options. They are often surprised what Imperva has to offer as the name is less familiar.

We did a comparison between Imperva and IBM Guardium before making the switch. The comparison was based on two things: auditing the databases and monitoring user privileges. These two features were offered by both solutions, so we were just left to evaluate based on the difference in prices. 

We're currently looking to move away from Imperva. We're considering Audit Vault.

I believe an IBM solution was considered, but it was much too expensive and didn’t provide as many features.

We had evaluated other solutions such as McAfee DAM and IBM Guardium.

We also looked at Sentrigo Hedgehog by McAfee.

After we undertook wide research and development, we found that this product is suitable for us. Two of the products that we looked at in addition to this one were FortiWeb and F5.

We compared IBM Guardium and Imperva SecureSphere via a POC process. We did a paper evaluation of other products to choose two products for the POC.

Before choosing Imperva, we did evaluate other options including IBM Guardian Data Protect and also Oracle Audit Vault. In the end, we finally made the choice to go with Imperva first of all because they are a company that is very much into digital security. Security is the central focus of their business, so that is one of their strong areas. Then their product support is one of the best. The solution is very advanced in terms of comparing their available resources and training to other companies. These resources make it a very complete solution.  

Yes, Guardium.

Before choosing this product, we evaluated IBM InfoSphere Guardium.

We did evaluate many software solutions & IT service providers, but none of them were close to meeting our project objective. We had a vast inventory of 5000+ databases, hosting data for thousands of applications, each having different schema & naming conventions. We did a Proof of Technology (PoT) in-house using the Imperva DAM module and, with a few tweaks, it met our project needs. Considering we were already using Imperva for different security assessments, it was an easy decision to add on the Database Assessment module and use that in our infrastructure.

We also looked at IBM InfoSphere Guardium.

We evaluated IBM Guardium.

I was not involved in the selection of the solution.

I did not evaluate other solutions, but I have heard from my clients (Deloitte clients) who have used Guardium before that SecureSphere is better.

I am not privy to procurement details, but we use Gartner as a source. Imperva is the sole leader in its field.

I looked at several websites and read reviews. All of them said that Imperva is the best product in this area.

Many of our customers compare this solution to Oracle Audit Vault, although we are confident that Imperva satisfies all of their requirements.

I did evaluate about four other similar products –

• Gardium
• Application Security
• Sentrigo
• Veracode

We evaluated F5 Networks.

We evaluated:

• WAF: F5 and Radware
• DAM: IBM Guardium