We performed a comparison between IBM Guardium Data Protection and Imperva SecureSphere Database Security based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: IBM Guardium Data Protection and Imperva SecureSphere Database Security have a similar user rating regarding ease of deployment, pricing, and service and support. In terms of features, IBM Guardium Data Protection reviewers felt the software wasn’t user-friendly. In contrast, Imperva SecureSphere Database Security reviewers felt the reporting feature needed improvement.
"Audit Process Builder – Workflow generator to enhance audit tasks and compliance workflows."
"This is a multi-platform solution that consolidates everything and centralizes support for it."
"The most valuable feature is using the capture operation mode “S-TAP/K-TAP agent”, because all activities in the database are captured, including direct access to the database server by privileged users. This is useful because, even if the database server logs were deleted, the Guardium Collector has already stored such data to enable traceability of access."
"Setting up Guardium was easy and straightforward."
"It provides a comprehensive security for databases, both on-prem and on the cloud. Among the advanced features we use automatic backups, DR."
"IBM Guardium Data Protection has better integration options than most of the leading competitors on the market, and the price is always better."
"Encryption is not straightforward, but Guardium made the setup easy for us."
"Our main focus for IBM Guardium is to support security initiatives and compliance policies within our organization. We use the DPD product for monitoring, especially for GDPR, SOX regulations and, of course, the vulnerability assessment that we use to make sure we're keeping up with our patches, making sure things are configured, making sure we're following the best practices."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the database security policy."
"The tool's pricing is flexible and affordable for small and medium enterprises."
"Flexible reporting allows for customization that keeps the admins from having to interact with system automation."
"The integration is great."
"It has a user-friendly interface. It is a stable and scalable product."
"Ability to send event monitoring and administrative activities."
"Database reporting features are valuable to us."
"The company focuses on and has a passion for security."
"I would like to see AI and machine learning added in the future."
"Personally, I would not recommend this product."
"Needs easier integration with custom applications."
"The backup and recovery is very resource-hungry and requires a huge amount of storage capacity."
"More automation, user guides, and tips would make this solution better."
"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."
"I would like to be able to upgrade appliances within major versions without needing to rebuild the appliance."
"The agent does not monitor databases in the containers."
"It is quite expensive. I would prefer a lower price."
"Reporting could be improved."
"Performance can be slow under heavy loads, but this should be adjusted by scaling."
"The GUI for this solution could use some improvement."
"The updates could be better."
"Imperva needs to improve their cloud capabilities."
"The firewall features are not very strong and should be improved."
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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 71 reviews while Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is ranked 2nd in Database Security with 53 reviews. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2, while Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is rated 8.2. 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 Imperva SecureSphere Database Security writes "The fine-grained auditing available on the platform makes life easier and helps explain anything happening in your database". IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security, Vormetric Application Crypto Suite and Voltage SecureData Enterprise, whereas Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is most compared with Oracle Audit Vault, DataSunrise Database Security, Trustwave DbProtect, jSonar and Imperva DDoS. See our IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs. Imperva SecureSphere Database Security report.
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