IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting comparison

"Audit Process Builder – Workflow generator to enhance audit tasks and compliance workflows."

"I think it scales pretty well. It can run on most of the database platforms currently out there. That is something we really like as a feature, because we try to hit everything in our environment to make sure we're meeting those regulations."

"Ability to define reports based on SQL query, especially when you have complex report criteria."

"Efficiency is key and IBM Guardium provides information in a heartbeat, but protects the data with military grade encryption."

"Encryption is not straightforward, but Guardium made the setup easy for us."

"Its ability to find data."

"We use IBM Guardium to support security initiatives and combine policies within the organization."

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

"This solution delivers the value that it is supposed to deliver."

"Personally, I would not recommend this product."

"The ability for Central Managers to talk to one another could be improved. I have 26 Central Managers and 26 silos which are independent."

"The one thing that I would like to see improved, but I don't think it's going to be in the next release, is its reporting capabilities. I think that's been offloaded to another third-party product that I think IBM actually endorses for that."

"Initial setup is very complex. Once you start interacting with people's databases, they get very hesitant. Then, the amount of social tasks to socialize the solution ensuring people are comfortable with it became a much heavier lift."

"I am struggling getting through to social."

"I would like to see AI and machine learning added in the future."

"​It will not go as fast as you want. ​"

"Needs nore cloud support."

"There are not a lot of templates available to use, so we had to start many things from scratch."

"We haven't talked much about pricing and licencing. But it is not cheap for sure"

"My company purchased IBM Guardium Data Protection in a package, so I'm unable to give its exact licensing cost, but for the package of three IBM solutions, it wasn't very expensive. I'd rate the pricing for all three solutions three out of five. When my team deployed IBM Guardium Data Protection, all features were included."

"The biggest challenge is the cost associated with the product, and the cost of maintaining. Everything is not translated directly to the benefits we see. There are benefits, yes, but if I were writing the check, would I buy Guardium? No."

"​If you are researching this type of solution, work with IBM."

"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."

"The tool is not cheap, but it is not expensive."

"The price of Guardium is higher than the main competitor, Imperva. In addition, it's complex as the calculation of the licensing is done by Processor Value Unit (PVU). However, before purchasing a DAP solution, it is important to analyze specific points to evaluate the cost-benefit of each tool. For example: Does the environment to be monitored have mainframes? If so, it's a point for Guardium. If not, a point for Imperva. Note: IBM is looking into a new licensing policy and reducing the price of Guardium."

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