IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Oracle Audit Vault comparison

IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs. Oracle Audit Vault

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Security Guardium Data ...

Ranking in Database Security

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Audit Vault

Ranking in Database Security

3rd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is 32.4%, up from 29.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Audit Vault is 14.0%, down from 14.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Security

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Muzzamil Hussain

Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan

Jun 26, 2024

Offers vulnerability analyzer with easily integration with other IBM solutions

We are currently facing a challenge because it does not offer data encryption by default, only data masking. When we decide to implement data encryption, we must purchase an additional add-on, which incurs extra costs. Data encryption and data masking often work together in organizations. Therefore, using different products for these functions, such as Oracle for data management and a plugin for data masking, creates a burden on our systems. We have to install and manage multiple agents, like Oracle's light agents and IBM's agents. IBM should include data encryption in its standard package. This would streamline operations and reduce the complexity and cost of managing separate data protection solutions. Currently, it supports cross-platform integration but does not support integration with flat file databases. IBM Guardium integrates well with international databases like MySQL and Oracle, making it easy to use with these systems. We need to develop a plugin to integrate flat file databases with Guardium.

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Yves Moro

Oracle Database Administrator at SOCITECH S.A.

Jan 17, 2022

Provides good security, and is helpful for auditing the data and seeing what's happening

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. I use it only for security purposes, and they can continue to improve it with more security tools and features. It should be powerful like FortiGate. When it becomes powerful like FortiGate, people will only go for this solution for their infrastructure. Their support could be faster.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"There are different modules but the most valuable ones are firewalling and masking. Additionally, the auditing of the entire database is helpful, which includes all the activity of the database users and administrators. We can monitor everything and log as well."

"I think IMB's technical support is good."

"The front-end works very well."

"It provides us regulatory compliance proof and evidence for audit."

"You could easily throw it onto a VM or add additional hardware. One central manager supports about a hundred managed units, so scalability is excellent."

"Guardium is easily integrated with other IBM solutions, a significant advantage and a key reason we chose Guardium. Both platforms share the IBM infrastructure, enhancing compatibility and integration. Additionally, Guardium offers a vulnerability analyzer, which is another compelling feature of the platform."

"he solution offers trouble-free access."

"The features I like are the robust policies, which allow us to create customized monitoring based on specific activities."

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"Technical support is perfect."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle Audit Vault is that it is agentless and enhanced user interface."

"The feature that I have found most valuable is that it can help us secure our databases."

"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."

"A powerful, flexible solution for database traffic monitoring."

"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."

"All of the other components that make up the infrastructure in the environment including the operating system are also quite valuable."

"The solution is very stable and reliable."

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Cons

"Can't be used for a NoSQL database, which is limiting."

"The backup and recovery is very resource-hungry and requires a huge amount of storage capacity."

"I would like to see streamlining of some of the agent features, some of the patches; make it a little bit more user-friendly on the documentation."

"The price of this solution is quite high for smaller organizations, so they should release a version that is affordable for small and medium-sized businesses."

"Guardium's storage capabilities could use some improvement. I'd also like to have some better integration using digital technology or a connector."

"We deal with updates manually on Sundays and sometimes face bugs with the newer versions."

"More automation, user guides, and tips would make this solution better."

"Since we are resellers we do not have enough information about the technical aspects and the areas of improvement. However, one consistent report that we receive from our customers is that IBM does not offer timely support due to the size of the organisation. It would be great if they could improve their response time."

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"One feature that is missing is the ability to have a secret server that is always encrypted."

"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."

"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."

"Some of our customers were asking about latency when the application wants to get to the database."

"The performance of Oracle Audit Vault could be improved, especially in handling large data collections and generating reports on time."

"Stability could be improved, we have had some challenges"

"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."

"The support could improve."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution could be better."

"Guardium has not saved us time or money."

"Guardium's pricing is quite high, but it gives good value for money for all sizes of enterprises, especially for partners."

"Guardium is most suitable for large scale enterprises because the pricing model is better if you are implementing a large number of databases."

"It's an expensive solution"

"One of the deployments that I know of had three databases, and the yearly fees are approximately $50,000 USD."

"I would suggest to review the type of data, need for security, and if the organizational structure needs the options IBM Guardium provides."

"The price is good for the quality of the solution."

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"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."

"The licensing cost is about $360,000, annually."

"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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

30%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

How does IBM Guardium Data Protection compare with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security?

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 S...

What do you like most about IBM Guardium Data Protection?

It sends out an immediate alert when there's suspicious activity.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Guardium Data Protection?

I can't provide details on the pricing because I don't deal with the billing. We have a big package with QRadar, Guardium, and other tools.

What do you like most about Oracle Audit Vault?

Oracle Audit Vault has a lot of great features, but what I find most valuable is the database firewall.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Audit Vault?

I would rate the costliness of Oracle Audit Vault as a seven out of ten. It is a bit expensive.

What needs improvement with Oracle Audit Vault?

The performance of Oracle Audit Vault could be improved, especially in handling large data collections and generating reports on time. Additionally, the efficiency of queries for retrieving informa...

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Also Known As

InfoSphere Guardium, Guardium, IBM Guardium

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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,

IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs. Oracle Audit Vault