IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Trustwave DbProtect comparison

IBM and Trustwave are both solutions in the Database Security category. IBM is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6, while Trustwave is ranked #4 with an average rating of 9.0. IBM holds a 32.3% mindshare in DS, compared to Trustwave’s 4.2% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Trustwave users who would recommend it.

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85% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Security Guardium Data Protection and Trustwave DbProtect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

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Ranking in Database Security

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Trustwave DbProtect

Ranking in Database Security

4th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Database Security category, the mindshare of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is 32.3%, up from 29.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trustwave DbProtect is 4.2%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Muzzamil Hussain

Assistant Vice President at National Bank of Pakistan

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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Marcelo Raza

Cyber Security Architect at Oakmount

A tool that offers a proper view and division of all databases while also allowing users to do continuous monitoring

I have seen that the tool's installation phase has some problems regarding the versions, specifically the version of SQL. Trustwave DbProtect doesn't accept some versions of SQL. Some credentials when you are installing give some problems, but all of them did pass through the installation phase but gave a certain amount of hard work to be done during the installation phase. The aforementioned area needs to be considered for improvement. The pain points with Trustwave DbProtect were about the installation and problems with the different versions not being accepted. A more compatible version of the product with other databases and operating systems should be possible.

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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

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

"The front-end works very well."

"The maturity of the agent is the most valuable feature of the solution"

"The most valuable feature I have found is the performance of client monitoring. The other competitors are unable to do this."

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

"The platform provides data protection from internal and external threats."

"The possible number of databases and database servers which can be monitored by Guardium is high. For me, this is a differentiator of IBM."

"IBM Guardium Data Protection is very good at keeping your database secure."

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"This solution helps our clients to monitor their database use, and detect violations of the policy."

"Transfer and vulnerability scanning are the most valuable features of this product."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can have a good view which is provided with a proper division of all your databases, which you can see in Trustwave DbProtect."

Cons

"I'd like to see a smoother GUI interface for the CAS agent - CAS does configurations on the database - to interface better with the vulnerability assessments."

"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."

"Needs nore cloud support."

"Setup can be complex. The documentation is in so many different locations, and a lot of times we have to leverage support and higher level resources to figure out the right steps to take."

"Initially it did not have support external applications like, say, Tableau, ServiceNow, Remedy, and the like. They have started growing into it, but I would like to have more and more integration with outside applications."

"The technical support is very poor."

"We have had some issues with patches breaking things unexpectedly in our environments."

"Deployment process is very complicated as you need to now all advanced parameters. Almost not possible to figure out for yourself."

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"We have not been able to integrate this product with a lot of standard incident response solutions, so an open API would help in this regard."

"I have seen that the tool's installation phase has some problems regarding the versions, specifically the version of SQL."

"The product does not have encryption or data masking."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

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

"It's an expensive solution"

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

"Reasonable cost but could be lower."

"Guardium has not saved us time or money."

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"The licensing fees, including support, are approximately $5,000 USD per database, per year."

"I rate the pricing a five on a scale from one to ten, where one is the lowest and ten is the highest."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

30%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

11%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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...

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

The pricing is good, and I have no problem with it. Although there is no flexibility to compete with other products, it generally costs between one hundred and three hundred thousand per year depen...

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What do you like most about IBM Security Guardium Data Protection?

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

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What do you like most about Trustwave DbProtect?

The most valuable feature of the solution is that you can have a good view which is provided with a proper division of all your databases, which you can see in Trustwave DbProtect.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Trustwave DbProtect?

Price-wise, Trustwave DbProtect falls in the mid-range category in Portugal. Many solutions similar to Trustwave DbProtect are expensive in the market. I rate the pricing a five on a scale from one...

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What needs improvement with Trustwave DbProtect?

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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.

Trustwave DbProtect is a security platform designed for consistent monitoring and management of enterprise databases within the data center.

Built on a centrally managed and distributed architecture, DbProtect uncovers database weaknesses. This includes configuration mistakes, identification and access control issues, missing patches, or any toxic combination of settings that could lead to escalation of privileges attacks, data leakage, denial-of-service (DoS), or unauthorized modification of data held within data stores – both relational databases and big data stores.

Sample Customers

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Pax World Investments, Crest Savings Bank, Magnolia Hotels

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