IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Imperva SecureSphere Database Security comparison

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92% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 5, 2022

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.

  • Ease of Deployment: IBM Guardium Data Protection users gave mixed reviews on the setup and deployment, with many feeling it was complex. Imperva SecureSphere Database Security users felt the setup and deployment was easy, for the most part, but that it depended highly on the environment.
  • Features: IBM Guardium Data Protection reviewers liked the flexibility and the reporting features of the software and activity monitoring on the database servers, but felt the software wasn’t user-friendly. Imperva SecureSphere Database Security users liked the stability of the product and the user interface but felt the reporting feature needed improvement.
  • Pricing: IBM Guardium Data Protection reviewers felt the pricing was high yet competitively priced for enterprise-level companies. Most Imperva SecureSphere Database Security reviewers felt the pricing was on the higher side.
  • Service and Support: IBM Guardium Data Protection users gave mixed reviews regarding support, with some feeling there was room for improvement. Likewise, Imperva SecureSphere Database Security users had mixed reviews on the support they received.

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.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Security Guardium Data ...
Ranking in Database Security
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
71
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Imperva SecureSphere Databa...
Ranking in Database Security
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Database Security category, the market share of IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is 29.2% and it decreased by 0.3% compared to the previous year. The market share of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is 30.4% and it increased by 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Farkhund Abbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 11, 2022
Provides visibility, has a single console that shows all information, and collector-aggregator capabilities
Right now, we're in the development phase for IBM Guardium Data Protection, so I don't have any recommendations about additional features and room for improvement in the solution. We're very excited to work on IBM Guardium Data Protection because we are new to the solution, and we're still exploring product features. We're very excited about integrations and use case creation, and it's only after six to eight months that I'll be able to share my recommendations in terms of additional features the solution should have. We did find some difficulty in deploying IBM Guardium Data Protection here in Pakistan because of the lack of resources.
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DK
Sep 21, 2020
The company's focus on their market sector makes them stand out from the competition
Imperva Security Sphere is something that I recommend any day, anytime because they are very much focused on security as a passion. So you find it has tons of capacity for scalability. It is focused on security. Even the solution's usability is very good. On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate this product as a nine scored out of ten possible points. Features that I would like to see to make it to ten-out-of-ten means that they will need to add a few things. First, they need to onboard database encryption features. Then they need to add some of the other features which they do not have that other competitors already have. They can do more to offer a broader range of features and be more feature-rich.
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Setting up Guardium was easy and straightforward."
"Good data encryption and data masking features."
"Efficiency is key and IBM Guardium provides information in a heartbeat, but protects the data with military grade encryption."
"The reporting side is also very, very good, especially its flexibility which allows you to tailor the reports to whatever information you want."
"Being an IBM product it really offers security integration capabilities and robust features. Over the years, it has satisfactory met the requirements of our customers which makes it a very reliable and versatile solution."
"Its ability to find data."
"You could easily throw it onto a VM or add additional hardware. One central manager supports about a hundred managed units, so scalability is excellent.​"
"Has a great Big Data Intelligence feature."
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"The integration is great."
"This is a stable product."
"The functionality is very useable and easy to understand."
"The tool happens to be very intelligent when it comes to processing policies and sounding alerts. It allows us to implement policies and measure actions against them, raising alerts accordingly."
"The most valuable feature is the automatic reports on new databases, which gives us up-to-date inventory management."
"The performance of the solution is good."
"The technical support for Imperva is super, super, super."
"The most valuable features of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security are the user-friendliness, easy-to-use interface compared to competitors, database operations do not need a specialist, and simple to manage for our security team. Additionally, the solution can show all the databases and the level of sensitivity. It can show what is more sensitive or less sensitive."
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Cons

"One of the limitations that everyone who uses Guardium knows is its ability for back-end reporting. The ability to collect it sometimes is easier than the ability to retrieve it, use it, or give a good representation of it for incidence response or questions which come from the different people who want to use the data."
"There are features like end-to-end and S-TAP mapping, and the ability to install policies for your configuration builder. They're not there, but we'd like to see them in the next version."
"Can't be used for a NoSQL database, which is limiting."
"The biggest complaint that I hear from customers and users is that using this solution requires database skills, yet it is a security and monitoring tool."
"The analysis part of this product could be improved. It's a very comprehensive product, so the features it has complement customer requirements. But I would like to see more emphasis on analytics, and it would be great if they added machine learning. They already have analysis insights, but a comprehensive analytical feature that's already incorporated into the solution would be very helpful."
"I am struggling getting through to social."
"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."
"Guardium's storage capabilities could use some improvement. I'd also like to have some better integration using digital technology or a connector."
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"Its reporting can be improved. The reporting feature is currently not good enough for our clients."
"The GUI for this solution could use some improvement."
"The interface is not user-friendly."
"The only challenge I see is that SecureSphere is deployed on servers or databases which are held on physical infrastructure. However, there are databases which are hosted on cloud platforms and Imperva has a separate tool altogether for that, not SecureSphere."
"Database security from the access management perspective could be better."
"It would be better to update the solution by using a GUI that guides me, rather than through a CLI."
"Overall, it's a very good product but they could do with some modifications log-wise."
"Data encryption. Yeah, Imperva needs to pull up on data encryption and make it a standard feature to allow maybe for tokenization, encryption of data, and things like that."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Guardium has not saved us time or money."
"The price of the solution could be better."
"One of the deployments that I know of had three databases, and the yearly fees are approximately $50,000 USD."
"Guardium won mostly because of our scope and scale. It was able to perform at the scale that we wanted to use it. ​"
"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."
"The product's pricing is reasonable and affordable. It is in the moderate range."
"For IBM Guardium, licensing is very simple and straightforward. There are no issues I can speak of."
"Its cost is good. With the new metric of licensing, such as PDO not being available now, customers are expecting a good price for the solution."
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"The product is expensive."
"They have introduced new price models, which makes the product more affordable now."
"The price of the solution is reasonable and it requires a license."
"There is an annual licensing fee for upgrading the device."
"The cost of support for this solution is very expensive."
"The product’s price is reasonable compared to other products."
"The price of the solution is reasonable. The cost of the solution depends on the customer, they have the flex protect licensing which can vary in price."
"Licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and it is a good value for the money."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
9%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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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 do you like most about IBM Guardium Data Protection?
It sends out an immediate alert when there's suspicious activity.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Guardium Data Protection?
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.
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Which is the best DDoS protection solution for a big ISP for monitoring and mitigating?
My recommendation is Imperva.
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What do you like most about Imperva SecureSphere Database Security?
The tool's pricing is flexible and affordable for small and medium enterprises.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Imperva SecureSphere Database Security?
The tool's pricing is flexible and affordable for small and medium enterprises.
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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.

Imperva SecureSphere Database Security:

  • Audits all access to sensitive data.
  • Alerts or blocks database attacks and unauthorized activities, in real time.
  • Detects and virtually patches database vulnerabilities.
  • Identifies excessive user rights and dormant users, and enables a complete rights review cycle.
  • Accelerates incident response and forensics investigations with advanced analytics.
 

Sample Customers

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BlueCross BlueShield, eHarmony, EMF Broadcasting, GE Healthcare, Metro Bank, The Motley Fool, Siemens
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