The alerts on threats and system statuses.
Database Administrator II at a pharma/biotech company with 501-1,000 employees
It's a pretty decent product but the learning mode feature should be improved.
What is most valuable?
How has it helped my organization?
I can drill down/troubleshoot errors much quicker.
What needs improvement?
Design/ease of the learning mode feature.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used the product for about a year.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No, the engineer did a very smooth job at deployment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No I have not.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No I have not.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service:
8/10.
Technical Support:I haven’t had an issue in the year I have used the product.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did, and I switched because of the poor level of customer service and the solution wasn’t meeting my expectations.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was pretty straightforward as right away, I was very familiar with the architecture.
What about the implementation team?
Their rep did the initial setup and I shadowed him.
What was our ROI?
If I calculated the man hours trying to figure out the alerts I would say a few thousand hours a month have been saved
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did evaluate about four other similar products –
- Gardium
- Application Security
- Sentrigo
- Veracode
What other advice do I have?
It's a decent product.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Security Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Reasonably priced, performs well, and stable
Pros and Cons
- "The performance of the solution is good."
- "The solution could improve by having more integration."
What is our primary use case?
Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is used to store data for if there is an emergency we can restore it.
What is most valuable?
The performance of the solution is good.
What needs improvement?
The solution could improve by having more integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Imperva SecureSphere Database Security for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is scalable.
We have three people in my organization using the solution.
How are customer service and support?
I have not needed to use the support.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We have five engineers that do the implementation and maintenance of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of the solution is reasonable and it requires a license.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Imperva SecureSphere Database Security a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Information Security Specialist with 51-200 employees
It is user-friendly, stable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "It has a user-friendly interface. It is a stable and scalable product."
- "Its reporting can be improved. The reporting feature is currently not good enough for our clients."
What is our primary use case?
It is mainly used for database activity monitoring. Some customers use it to monitor all transactions in the database, such as privilege operations, grant commands. They collect all the data and see all transactions and store them. Sometimes, they also use security alerts with the database update monitoring, but generally, it is used only for regulations.
What is most valuable?
It has a user-friendly interface. It is a stable and scalable product.
What needs improvement?
Its reporting can be improved. The reporting feature is currently not good enough for our clients.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability is its main feature. There aren't any stability-related issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have contacted them. Sometimes, they are good, and sometimes, they are not.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was really easy. It took us two hours to deploy.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution. I would rate Imperva SecureSphere Database Security a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Security Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Most of the configuration is out-of-the-box and the security policies it offers are granular.
Valuable Features
Most of the configuration is out-of-the-box and it offers very granular security policies. Deployment and configuration is very easy. Once initial setup has been configured, all the rules and polices are applied automatically and we can start viewing the logs.
Improvements to My Organization
We are able to prevent and protect external and internal threats by using Imperva’s complete product line.
Room for Improvement
I would like to see some more granular audit logs for database activities.
Use of Solution
I have been using it for 5-6 years.
Deployment Issues
I have not encountered any issues with deployment, stability or scalability issues. Deployment is very easy, and it offers more stability and scalability.
Customer Service and Technical Support
There are delays in responses from technical support, but you do get a response per SLA.
Initial Setup
Initial setup was pretty straightforward.
Implementation Team
Anyone can implement this solution if you study the guides.
ROI
It is worth the investment for retail, banking, government and IT organizations.
Other Advice
It is the best product for cyber security & forensic investigation for external and internal threat identification and prevention.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: My company has a distribution partnership with Imperva.
ERS Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
It covers the legal obligations for Turkish banks and fulfills requirements for our clients.
Valuable Features
- Easy agent setup
- Big data
- SIEM tool integration
Improvements to My Organization
SecureSphere covers the legal obligations for Turkish banks. According to Turkish banking regulations, database activities (especially admins' activities) should be monitored and alerted.
Room for Improvement
Syslog size for transferring data should be increased.
Use of Solution
I used it from September 2015-May 2016.
Deployment Issues
I remember that SecureSphere stores limited data according to the number of the data structure type that is defined in the server configuration files. If a customer does not realize this, data taken with the policy that has a max data structure type is interrupted.
Customer Service and Technical Support
The vendor’s local partners, NGN Company and Bulent Daldal, were very supportive whenever my company needed their help.
Initial Setup
I supported NGN when SecureSphere was set up. Although I only experienced this setup process once, I can now setup SecureSphere DAM and agents on my own. I mean, it was easy and feasible with guidance.
Implementation Team
A vendor team implemented it.
Other Solutions Considered
I did not evaluate other solutions, but I have heard from my clients (Deloitte clients) who have used Guardium before that SecureSphere is better.
Other Advice
SecureSphere fulfills so many requirements for our clients. Additionally, if they want to evaluate and correlate data more comprehensively, they can use this product with SIEM tools such as ArcSight or Splunk.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Network And Security System Administrator at a international affairs institute with 1,001-5,000 employees
Monitors and protects internet banking applications. Provides the option of deployment architectures.
What is most valuable?
- Flexibility
- Provides the option of deployment architectures
How has it helped my organization?
- Easy monitoring
- Protection of internet banking applications
I was working for Crescendo International, which is a small company in Romania. My primary role was in network solution integration. I was the only person in the country with experience of three deployments of Imperva products at two major banks.
What needs improvement?
- The upgrade procedure is not clear
- There is no easy rollback
- There is no possibility to select different ways for two different types of cipher suit negotiation in two arm deployments. Most of the banks now use ECDHE for PFSC.
- No SNI support
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There were many stability issues with the upgrade procedure. The technical support team didn't know how to handle them.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We encountered some stability issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
The level of technical support is bad.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use a previous solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Please be more transparent about licensing on subscriptions such as for ThreatRadar.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated F5 Networks.
What other advice do I have?
We recommend implementing it.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Regional Sales Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Offers flexible deployment modes and custom policy creation.
What is most valuable?
- Flexible deployment modes
- Custom policy creation
- Complex vision of web apps
- DB security
- Intuitive logs
How has it helped my organization?
We have seen our security risk decreased due to customization and meeting all the security needs for every application.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see more parameters configurable for the kernel reverse proxy.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used this product for eight years, on both sides; from deployment to customers and administration of the existing infrastructure.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stabillity issues we encountered were fluently fixed.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We did not encounter any scalability issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support was very professional and elastic.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used to deploy a different solution. We switched due to the valuable features mentioned.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup was straighforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is a good idea to invest in threat detection licenses.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated:
- WAF: F5 and Radware
- DAM: IBM Guardium
What other advice do I have?
For DAM, I recommend that you invest proper resources in the business part of the project. It is very important to set expectations properly.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Completely agree re licencing & technical support, hence technical support is improving a bit ;)
What version do you use? We had big stability issues with 9.5 and a bit of 10.5, once upgraded to 11.5 we haven't encountered any big issues yet, apart from random small bugs.