What advice do you have for others considering IBM Security Guardium Data Protection?

When considering IBM Security Guardium Data Protection, ensure it aligns with your data protection and compliance needs. Use its data discovery tools to identify sensitive data and take advantage of its real-time monitoring, auditing, and alerting features for proactive security. Implement data masking for non-production environments to safeguard sensitive information. Leverage Guardium’s advanced analytics to detect abnormal behavior and potential security incidents. Plan for integration with SIEM solutions like IBM QRadar for enhanced threat detection and incident response. Finally, assess the scalability and ease of integration with your existing infrastructure.

I would recommend Guardium because it is a very solid and stable protection, mainly due to its extensive cloud coverage and support for multiple platforms. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

I would recommend IBM Security Guardium Data Protection because it is a very good product. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

We highly recommend Guardium for its application and data protection capabilities, especially with its strong local support. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

As a database activity monitoring tool, it automates most tasks related to database management, minimizing the need for human interaction. It is precious in terms of cost savings for financial institutions such as banks and credit unions. It provides comprehensive monitoring of database activities, which can be crucial for preventing audits and fraud. I recommend the solution. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We are currently in the deployment phase of vulnerability analysis. In two or three months, IBM will be better positioned to provide details about each candidate. Data Protection is a highly effective product that provides comprehensive security to our organization's servers. One major benefit is its seamless integration with IBM QRadar. Additionally, it easily integrates with our databases and other products, such as our router instances. Overall, it helps create a complete technology stack. One of its main benefits is integrating with related technologies, forming a robust IBM technology stack. It offers comprehensive integration with databases, including NoSQL databases. IBM provides encryption within a single stack, making it a composite product ready for the market and competitive with other solutions such as Palantir's. We have a team of around five people responsible for troubleshooting and maintenance. Our information security team includes the database and software teams, which are managed separately. It is part of DBT, which handles database management. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I would recommend using it. It is good for database protection. The product itself is good, but the support is lacking. I'd rate it a seven out of ten.

The data classification feature of the solution functions satisfactorily and helps in rogue user identification. The product functions on par with the initial configuration and design intentions. The correct authorized access identification is an important part of the product, which remains dependent on the policies. After unauthorized access is identified, our company uses the solution's blocking and quarantine features for privileged users. The product's automated compliance reporting feature has helped our company team, especially when we worked on PCI accelerators for our organization's customer banks. While working on PCI accelerators, our company team only needed to configure and ensure data accuracy in the reports, which was quite helpful. The tool's reporting feature also assists in connecting customers and fulfilling compliance requirements. The vulnerability assessment feature of the tool can be easily configured, and it's a critical part of the deployment as it helps customers identify gaps in the existing environment with comprehensive reports.

I recommend this solution after three years experience with it. This is the best in its class. 

While working with the solution, you have to be clear about your requirements. The solution offers different pricing based on different functionalities. If you are able to identify your requirements properly, you are going to do well with the price and get the best out of the product. So understanding the requirements is very important. I would rate this product 8 out of 10.

I recommend IBM Security Guardium Data Protection to others and rate it an eight out of ten. It is a very good enterprise-grade solution.

I recommend this solution to medium and big companies. Small customers do not need to maintain it a lot. The price and value they will get from it are worth it, especially if they need to monitor many databases and manage their environment. Guardium can help them see who accesses the databases to prevent data breaches and monitor the audit trail. Smaller companies with one or two databases can manage them by themselves, but Guardium becomes more valuable as the size of their databases and the number of users grow. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

It is the only solution that can meet the needs of both internal and external audits. It's a very powerful tool that can solve a lot of audit needs. Overall, I rate IBM Security Guardium Data Protection ten out of ten.

I think third-party application integration is supposed to be an integral part of IBM without any cost, so IBM should consider that. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I would rate IBM Security Guardium Data Protection an eight out of ten.

This tool works very well with IBM products but not so well with other tools. I rate the solution six out of 10.

I recommend this solution and rate it nine out of 10.

My organization has two teams using IBM Guardium Data Protection. One is an analyst team that looks after the solution, and the other is the SOC team in charge of monitoring events on IBM Guardium Data Protection. There's a team of five people in my organization that takes care of deploying the policies, and there's a team of twelve analysts that does the monitoring of events in all monitoring solutions used in the company, aside from IBM Guardium Data Protection events. Currently, the solution isn't being used to its full extent because it's still in the testing phase, and my organization is still new to the solution, so it has to check on the capabilities of IBM Guardium Data Protection and how it works. Users within my company still have to learn how to aggregate, how to send logs, which security tools to monitor, etc. The solution is still in the evaluation phase within the company, and there's still a need to check its performance and analyze its features. My advice to others looking into implementing IBM Guardium Data Protection is to first get familiar with the solution and compare it with other solutions. IBM Guardium Data Protection is a market leader, so I recommend that you deploy it or purchase it for the purpose of database security. It's a well-known product. I'm rating IBM Guardium Data Protection eight out of ten. My company is a customer of IBM Guardium Data Protection, with no IBM partnership.

I rate IBM Guardium Data Protection 10 out of 10. Anyone can understand this product.

I would give Guardium a rating of eight out of ten.

I don't feel that our local partners are fully equipped with the technical knowledge of the product. Whenever we need support that requires technical expertise, we go to the IBM support portal. As a result, we experience time delays in terms of support and it would be helpful if the local partner improved their knowledge. The other option would be for IBM to provide some management training for the on-prem engineers. I rate the solution five out of 10.

I rate Guardium nine out of 10 overall. I rate Guardium 10 out of 10 for data activity monitoring and nine for vulnerability assessment. It's easy to implement and does its job. But I would rate it seven out of 10 in terms of advanced features. My advice to prospective users is to have a proper source to deploy it in your environment, or you're wasting money. The second thing is to know precisely what you want from Guardium. Is it DAM, VA, or are you going further? In terms of security posture, those lines should be clear.

We use IBM Guardium Data Protection for our databases. I can't remember the version we're currently using. I don't think IBM Guardium Data Protection charges you based on the number of users, e.g. they charge based on the number of licenses, and it's either on a per-license or a per-data basis, so I cannot give the number of users currently using the application. Increasing the usage of IBM Guardium Data Protection depends on the budget. Nobody wants to increase costs, but costs are increasing, so I don't think we plan on increasing usage for the application. For the deployment of the application, we have the OEM and our technical team in charge. I'm giving IBM Guardium Data Protection a rating of nine out of ten.

I rate IBM Guardium Data Protection a seven out of ten.

If you are considering IBM Guardian Data Protection you should be aware of your environment. For example, if you are in the banking sector you need to plan very well so it can be scaled accordingly. It is important to hire a consultant when installing this solution. They can provide an analysis of what exactly needs to be done. Keep in mind that this is a data access management database, it's not only about data but also about files. I rate this solution a 9 out of 10.

Guardiam's accountability is good - by design, it doesn't give any root privilege to customers, which means we don't have highly important privilege for access to Guardiam. They use only a user level, so kernel-level users are prohibited, which means there aren't any accidental effects from the customer side. I would rate this solution as eight out of ten.

Personally, I would not recommend this product.

If you are looking to implement Guardium, you first need to understand your requirements. The objective of these database and security monitoring solutions is for compliance and auditing. You want a solution that will monitor everything, but the main objective is to monitor the right areas or the key parts of the area that should be monitored. This is the one thing customers should consider before choosing any database or similar solution. We have good relationships with our customers, so whenever they're looking for a solution, we try to partner with them and align them with a product that will meet their needs. Usually when we go with this product, we go with SQL first, then go for integration deployment. Our recommendations are based on customer requirements. Even if it's a good product, it may not be a good fit for the customer. I would rate this product an eight out of ten, just because there's always room for improvement.

I would recommend this solution to others. I rate IBM Guardium Data Protection a nine out of ten.

I rate IBM Guardium nine out of 10. I would absolutely recommend the solution to others.

IBM, in general, is the best. I would recommend this solution to others. I am not familiar with other products. I only know IBM Guardium. I would rate IBM Guardium Data Protection a nine out of ten.

If I were choosing a solution now, I would probably look at Imperva and Insights, and go the agentless route, rather than deal with collectors. They still have them with the new system, but they're a little lighter weight. From a manageability perspective, from a scalability perspective, in terms of supporting model databases, they seem to be more viable solutions moving forward. I rate this solution an eight out of 10.

We may be using version 11 of the product at this time. We're still in the process of implementing the solution. It's still quite new to us. Right now, I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten, however, I do need more time to really get to know it to evaluate it properly. I likely need another good six months or so with the solution before I can really rate it effectively.

I can definitely recommend IBM Guardium and we are going to continue using and promoting it in the future. I have been working with IBM for approximately 13 years and I've personally found that IBM products are very useful. However, the problem is that IBM's product stack isn't fully present in this country and there is a clear lack of industry resources, so customers remain unaware of their products and they are not adopting products even though this product is very good. Whenever we are talking about the idea of data protection we talk about IBM's solution, Guardium Data Protection. The main problem is that customers often throw questions like, "What about deployment? What about the support? Are we going to get good support from the local team?" They're not bothered about portal support, they talk about the internal market industry resources. That's where we come in. So even though I am recommending IBM, I know some customers will also like Oracle AVDF. I would rate IBM Guardium Data Protection an eight out of ten.

We would recommend this solution to others. It is a good solution at a good price, and your data is invaluable. I would rate IBM Guardium Data Protection a nine out of ten.

We're looking to upgrade the solution soon. I'm not sure which version we are currently using. I would recommend others considering the solution to make sure they get local partners who can basically deploy the product. They need to have someone with sound experience. I have found a partner who applies the product often just simply deploys it and they don't have a use case available. They don't have the right experience. You need to choose your partner carefully or be ready to work hard yourself to deploy the product in the best possible way. I would rate the solution seven out of ten.