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"There are different modules but the most valuable ones are firewalling and masking. Additionally, the auditing of the entire database is helpful, which includes all the activity of the database users and administrators. We can monitor everything and log as well."
"We now have the ability to begin to understand how people, applications, and service accounts are interacting with data to better protect it."
"It's one of the first to encrypt DB2 databases."
"I think it scales pretty well. It can run on most of the database platforms currently out there. That is something we really like as a feature, because we try to hit everything in our environment to make sure we're meeting those regulations."
"The most valuable feature of the solution for the customers is the monitoring and full log of the database activity of privileged users."
"This is a multi-platform solution that consolidates everything and centralizes support for it."
"It does not require our involvement to run it. It runs in the background and the people that do the reporting do so. The reports go to the directors who are in charge of the various data areas. It's pretty clean. Clearly there is some setup, but after you get it set up it just goes."
"The features that are the most used by the customers and partners are, at the moment, for GDPR, so obviously data encryption and data reduction. Our customers also like the partitioning option."
"The most valuable feature is the data encryption option for columns and tables."
"There could be a feature to integrate and protect multiple databases. The local support services need improvements as well."
"Could be more user friendly; deployment is a little complex."
"Guardium Data Protection is far better in terms of external integration. But in terms of firewall features, like when you're blocking activities, it's as if Oracle AVDF simply has superior features. This is just from third-party observations, but the users of Oracle AVDF are saying that when it comes to the firewall and protection functionality, they're much more inclined to AVDF."
"I am struggling getting through to social."
"More automation, user guides, and tips would make this solution better."
"They could enable the out-of-the-box feature to track application user activity."
"Sometimes the performance is not good, and also sometimes we have sudden bugs causing difficulties."
"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."
"Having a single command to encrypt a table would be an improvement."
"It is really constrained as an environment because you cannot change something that would be useful. It is a very good product because it is very similar to what you have on-premises. Yes, it is constrained, but it is expected because it is a platform as a service so it has to be constrained."
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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 70 reviews while Oracle Advanced Security is ranked 12th in Endpoint Encryption. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2, while Oracle Advanced Security 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 Oracle Advanced Security writes "Good support, stable, and offers encryption at both the column and table level". IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Audit Vault, DataSunrise Database Security, Vormetric Application Crypto Suite and IBM InfoSphere Optim Data Privacy, whereas Oracle Advanced Security is most compared with Microsoft BitLocker, Voltage SecureData Enterprise, Protegrity Data Security and Oracle Data Masking and Subsetting.
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