IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs Informatica Persistent Data Masking comparison

"The purpose of EBM Guardium is to monitor database activity and who is accessing it. This is the most valuable feature."

"Accelerators is one of the big functions they have out there. It gives you canned reports that you don't have to make yourself, they're out there by being part of the patch. You just have to fill your information in to some of the already built groups, for your environment, and it automates a lot of that. That has definitely helped improve things."

"From the perspective of analysis and prevention, this product is pretty accurate."

"Guardium does a great job of capturing data and having the ability of trying to pull it out and make sense of it. Using it for business applications is its biggest capability."

"Ability to define reports based on SQL query, especially when you have complex report criteria."

"What I like about IBM Guardium Data Protection is that some of its features were deployed by collectors during the installation phase. The solution has collector and aggregator features, license installation, and even server patches that you won't find in other security providers. I like the collector-aggregator capabilities of IBM Guardium Data Protection where you install each component on separate servers, then on the aggregator, you collect all the logs on a central server or central console."

"IBM Guardium Data Protection has better integration options than most of the leading competitors on the market, and the price is always better."

"Our ability to see when users are accessing sensitive data."

"Informatica is user-friendly, stable, and scalable. These three aspects are the most valuable for us. If we can make it work well with the CRM, we can continue or try again this year to complete that part of the project. I am confident that this kind of solution is what we need because we have a third-party resource that works in the development."

"The most valuable feature is data discovery. This is the most exciting feature for all of the banks."

"Informatica provides a comprehensive solution for on-the-fly or real-time data masking."

"The most valuable features are the structure masking and platform masking."

"Informatica Persistent Data Masking can mask production data for different users, ensuring that only authorized individuals can access sensitive information."

"It needs an integration with Optum."

"Can't be used for a NoSQL database, which is limiting."

"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."

"Using the data in native Guardium is difficult, at best."

"The one thing that I would like to see improved, but I don't think it's going to be in the next release, is its reporting capabilities. I think that's been offloaded to another third-party product that I think IBM actually endorses for that."

"We have had some issues with patches breaking things unexpectedly in our environments."

"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."

"​It will not go as fast as you want. ​"

"I have encountered some issues using the substitution, which is one of the techniques of data masking."

"Informatica's support understands the solution, but they lack the experience we need for our use case. That was one thing that we prioritized when we started searching for this kind of solution."

"Once the data is masked, we won't be able to reverse it back to its original value."

"Informatica should simplify the rules for setting classifications and user access management permissions. It's too complex to define, configure, and make work."

"The data discovery isn't that good yet for Salesforce. We have another tool that we use for this. It may be a problem because Salesforce on the cloud."

"We haven't talked much about pricing and licencing. But it is not cheap for sure"

"The product's pricing is reasonable and affordable. It is in the moderate range."

"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's pricing is quite high, but it gives good value for money for all sizes of enterprises, especially for partners."

"The price of the solution could be better."

"The price is good for the quality of the solution."

"Reasonable cost but could be lower."