IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Vormetric Application Crypto Suite comparison

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Question: IBM Guardium Data Protection vs. Vormetric Application Crypto Suite for a tech services company
Answer: I have been working with Guardium for 5 years, but I had not heard of Vormetric. So, I will not be able to help. Something I can report is from the IBM website: " IBM Security Guardium Data Encryption runs on a variety of Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux platforms. It requires prerequisite software available from Vormetric, Inc. Visit the Vormetric website for information. For additional information, refer to the Software requirements section. Vormetric is not affiliated or associated with IBM. Vormetric software products and licenses are subject to change in accordance with the policies and procedures of Vormetric. " Source: https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/2/897/ENUS216-412/index.html&request_locale=en
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Pros
"The purpose of EBM Guardium is to monitor database activity and who is accessing it. This is the most valuable feature.""Efficiency is key and IBM Guardium provides information in a heartbeat, but protects the data with military grade encryption.""Audit Process Builder – Workflow generator to enhance audit tasks and compliance workflows.""Its ability to find data.""We have integrated IBM Guardium​ with IBM Watson Curator. They access Curator to identify and correlate other actions the user is doing to determine if this is a legitimate action or not.""The product has proven to be flexible""It has automated a bunch of manual tasks, giving us insights into activities that we would not otherwise be able to capture.""The solution supports a lot of databases."

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"Transfer encryption is a great feature of Crypto Suite."

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Cons
"More automation, user guides, and tips would make this solution better.""It would be helpful, and convenient to improve the Chat support.""It was difficult implementing it, configuring it, getting it up and running and in production. However, since then, I believe it has stabilized.""Can't be used for a NoSQL database, which is limiting.""I would like to see IBM Guardium have other encryption algorithms employed.""If IBM Guardium Data Protection could find a way to not have a lot of coding and development required to get the solution up and running it would be an advantage. The information of the agent could improve, which is necessary for us to monitor the databases would be a great benefit.""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.""There could be a feature to integrate and protect multiple databases. The local support services need improvements as well."

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"Could be more agent-led with options for simplifying implementation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We haven't talked much about pricing and licencing. But it is not cheap for sure"
  • "I would suggest to review the type of data, need for security, and if the organizational structure needs the options IBM Guardium provides."
  • "​If you are researching this type of solution, work with IBM."
  • "Guardium has not saved us time or money."
  • "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."
  • "Guardium won mostly because of our scope and scale. It was able to perform at the scale that we wanted to use it. ​"
  • "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."
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    IBM is reselling Vormetric. IBM Guardium Data Protection includes Vormetric as part of the Data Protection Family.

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:It sends out an immediate alert when there's suspicious activity.
    Top Answer: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.
    Top Answer:Transfer encryption is a great feature of Crypto Suite.
    Top Answer:The solution is affordable, including for smaller companies. The cost is approximately $3,000 per license, which is quite reasonable. It's a one-off unlimited license.
    Top Answer:We're getting to the end of support for Vormetric and on the implementation side it's already going through CipherTrust. This solution could be more agent-led with options for simplifying… more »
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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.

    At the core of the Vormetric Application Crypto Suite from Thales is a set of products that streamline development efforts to add encryption, tokenization, masking and other cryptographic functions to applications. The job of the developer is made easy and fast by leveraging sample code and APIs that are best for their environment, while key management functions are kept separate and secure in a FIPS 140-2 hardware or virtual appliance that is operated by IT or SecOps. Securing data at the application, with separation of duties for key management, provides the highest levels of protection and compliance.

    The Vormetric Application Crypto Suite also includes applications and utilities that leverage the core components to add security layers to databases and other structured data stores.

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    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm41%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Insurance Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government9%
    Insurance Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm28%
    Computer Software Company23%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
    Insurance Company6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise54%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise73%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise6%
    Large Enterprise75%
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    IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 71 reviews while Vormetric Application Crypto Suite is ranked 6th in Data Masking with 1 review. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2, while Vormetric Application Crypto Suite is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection writes "Provides visibility, has a single console that shows all information, and collector-aggregator capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Vormetric Application Crypto Suite writes "Very user friendly with good security features including transfer encryption". IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security and Voltage SecureData Enterprise, whereas Vormetric Application Crypto Suite is most compared with Voltage SecureData Enterprise and Protegrity Data Security.

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