It comes in two flavors. One is DAM and other is FAM. DAM is Database Activity Monitoring while FAM is File Activity Monitoring. DAM is best suitable for structured data, while FAM is for unstructured data.
Its Vulnerability Assessment tool that gives the vulnerabilities against any compliance requirement. Real Time monitoring on who, when what basis of the added databases.
Real Time Blocking on the basis of unauthorized access made to the database.
Central management of all of your database security requirement. We can push the policies from an Aggregator/Central Manager across all the Collectors.
Easy to deploy.
Database addition under Guardium foot print is done by using a light weight agent installed on DB Server that has negligible performance impact.
No changes are required in Database while installing the agent.
Guardium comes with lots of built in rules and policies. We can have a leverage of using them and these policies and rules can cover most part of our Database Monitoring and Security requirements.
Guardium Licenses are perpetual only the support services needs to be renewed on yearly basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Guardium Licensing is a bit tricky. We have to understand that the license is based on per server (IP Address) basis. Lets say if you have one server (a physical or virtual) and there are three databases running on this server, your Guardium license will be ONE (01) only. And if you have three distinct servers with separate IP(s) and these servers are hosting 10 databases in each, your Guardium License will be three.
An utmost care must be taken while selecting the agent to be installed on the server.
Ddeployment should be done once all the requirements are well understood by the client. If, initially, all the requirements couldn't be understood and the solution is deployed with some gaps, o can create problems in future. Secondly, the specifications of all the components should be allocated as per recommendations so as to avoid any performance hit.
It is a costly solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
55 out of 56 Total Reviews for IBM Guardium Data Protection
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What I like best and the most helpful cases of IBM Gaudium Data Protection are best in class features like:
1. Real Time Data Monitoring and Auditing
Tracks all data in real time, making sure that to show, who accessed sesnsitive data, when and how.
2. Automated Comliance Management
IBM Gaurdium has ready to go templates for regulation like GDPR, SOX, PCI DSS, HIPPA simplifying compliance processes, reducing manual effort and errors
3. Threat Detection with User Behaviour Analytics(UBA):
One of the foremost feature, which I like best about the IBM Gaurdium is, using machine learning and behaviour analytics to detect anomalies, such as privileged account misues, suspicious data downloads, and block suspicious activities befor they escalate.
4 .Data masking and Encryption
It scans databases for misconfigurations, weak passwords, outdated versions and also it provies recommendations to address the vulnerabilities to make the database more secure.
5. Support for Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Environments
Monitor data across on-premises, cloud and hybrid infrastructures and also compatible with major cloud providers such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The least helful aspects of IBM Gaudium Data Protection are as follows:
1. Complex Setup and Configuration
The first or the inital deployment is the most time consuming part and requires technical expertise, making it difficult for companies without specialized IT teams.
2. High Cost of Ownership
Licensing fees, infrastructure reqirements, ongoing maintanence costs makes it out of the box, option of small and medium businesses (SMBs).
3. Steep Learning Curve
The IBM Gaurdium hasn't got a very user friendly interface and it requires extensive training to understand and configure policies, reports, alerts and to make changes.
4. Performance Degradation
Continuous monitoring can lead to system performance degradation, when working with large datasets if not optimized properly
5. Limited NoSQL and Mordern Database Support
While it is a good option for SQL databases, it's support for NoSQL databases and unstructured data is very limited, making it hard to work with big data environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like about IBM Guardium Data Protection is thay easy to use and friendly interface. Data Protection is very good. We use frequency in day to day life. Easy of Integration. Friendly Customer support 24*7. and IBM Data Protection is used to implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing. All stuff are good.
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Many security treatment options. Thats a good one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- slow support. There could be a Brazil support that would have more speed;
- Upgrading the version could be easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best part is it's ability to provide countinous monitoring for sensitive data across the platforms.
The software was easy to use and implementation and integration was user friendly.
Looking forward to use if often to improve my efficiency since it has good customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
At the moment there is nothing that i disliked about this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The most helpful things are the simple popups explaining the issues and support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
To frequent mailers from the marketing team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The reporting and policy capabilities as well as the support it has for a wide range of DB types Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The lack of seamless integrations with other applications/tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The Universal connector is the best solution of recent times in the Data Security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The agent upgrade process on 11.4 is horrible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Data monitoring and audit is user friendly and easy to implement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Guardium support could use a little improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Monitoring and Reporting on databae activities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Its not easy to upgrade the STAPs when the ATAP is enabled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
IBM security guardium discover and classifes the sensitive data residing on-prem or on cloud , enabling an all inclusive view of your data security & compliance posture.
It helps to verify , define & emforce data rules sets & policies based on latest data user permissions .
Helps with long term security info from different security tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is no dislike for this tool because it helps us to embrace a Next-Gen Data Security approach and address all data security concerns and challenges . So there is no disadvantage of this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
