IBM Security Guardium Data Protection Reviews

Vendor: IBM

4.1 out of 5

77 reviews
85% willing to recommend

1,434 followers

What is IBM Security Guardium Data Protection?

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.

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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is the #1 ranked solution in top Database Security solutions. PeerSpot users give IBM Security Guardium Data Protection an average rating of 8.2 out of 10. Based on the analysis of the 77 most recent IBM Security Guardium Data Protection reviews, the overall sentiment is positive, with a sentiment score of 8.0. (The highest in the category). IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most commonly compared to Imperva SecureSphere Database Security: IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Imperva SecureSphere Database Security. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 71% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 30% of all views.

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DevidharsanJ

Information Security Engineering Consultant at Optum

IBM should add more database security features to Guardium. They could add user profiling, anomaly detection, and machine learning. IBM has user profiling, but they need to strengthen it. It should make sense for the users. It should remove most of the false positives. Anomaly detection would help. Let's say you had a thousand anomalies and 990 are false positives. Who will take care of this? People will simply ignore all 1,000. They need to improve a lot in this area. They're coming out with a new product called Guardium Insights. It will be able to store more data, and its algorithm will be stronger. That will probably fix all my concerns. They have yet to release the beta version.

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Ahmer Faisel Khan

Director | CTO at COMMTEL

The solution should allow the data to shift to a centralized repository with elastic servers and big data infrastructure. If a customer searches for old logs for retention purposes, there are limitations on appliances once they are set with specific hardware, so they can only be changed by uninstalling or reinstalling the hardware. The solution's aggregator feature allows data aggregation, but for instance, if a customer wants a project ready in two years, having an Elasticsearch in DB or the capacity to store huge amounts of data would be beneficial in data investigation or evaluation at an affordable cost. Some AI features should be added to IBM Security Guardium Data Protection. For example, the AI features implemented in the solution can be anomaly detection or suspicious activity identification.

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Jared Ochieng

Information Technology Security Specialist at infoark

The response time could be improved. Navigating support for the solution can be challenging, especially when finding the right contact for specialized issues. Improvements could make raising tickets and identifying the correct support channels easier. While general support information is provided, specialized support may require contacting different teams. We guide our clients through this process to ensure they know where to turn for various needs. Typically, we are the first point of contact for any issues, big or small, and then direct them to the appropriate resources. The quality of technical support largely depends on the expertise of the partner who implemented the solution. If you have a partner who is well-versed in IBM, the technical support is usually excellent. If not, support might be less reliable.

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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection in the Database Security category stands at 32.1%, up from 30.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Database Security	Jan 4, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Jan 4, 2025	Download
Comparison	IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Imperva SecureSphere Database Security	Jan 4, 2025	Download
Comparison	IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Oracle Audit Vault	Jan 4, 2025	Download
Comparison	IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Trustwave DbProtect	Jan 4, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Imperva SecureSphere Database Security	4.1	30.5%	92%	55 interviews Add to research
Cyera	4.3	1.5%	100%	2 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"It is very easy to obtain reports and manage the reporting interface."
"The most valuable feature is the visualization of data and the ability to monitor our databases."
"We appreciate its ease of implementation and the local support available for the product."

Room for Improvement

"The user interface could be improved and modernized."
"We deal with updates manually on Sundays and sometimes face bugs with the newer versions."
"Guardium could be improved in the area of data encryption."

Pricing

"It's an expensive solution"
"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."
"It is not an expensive product. We purchase its yearly license."

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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection was previously known as InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium.