IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment vs Vulcan Cyber comparison

IBM and Vulcan Cyber, a Tenable Company are both solutions in the Vulnerability Management category. IBM is ranked #51 with an average rating of 5.0, while Vulcan Cyber, a Tenable Company is ranked #24 with an average rating of 7.4. IBM holds a 0.7% mindshare in VM, compared to Vulcan Cyber, a Tenable Company’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Vulcan Cyber, a Tenable Company users who would recommend it.

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment and Vulcan Cyber are competing products in vulnerability management. Vulcan Cyber seems to have the upper hand due to its pricing flexibility and feature-rich offering.

Features: IBM Guardium is recognized for comprehensive security capabilities, emphasizing data protection, real-time monitoring, and risk classification. Vulcan Cyber offers advanced automation, integrates well with cybersecurity tools, and emphasizes remediation strategies.

Room for Improvement: IBM Guardium could enhance automation, streamline integration with third-party tools, and simplify its configuration process. Vulcan Cyber might improve data protection focus, expand real-time monitoring, and bolster its risk classification capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Guardium uses a traditional deployment model with detailed configuration and reliable support. Vulcan Cyber offers streamlined deployment with rapid integration and an intuitive setup, noted for its deployment efficiency.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Guardium has a higher upfront cost with significant ROI in data protection and compliance. Vulcan Cyber provides flexible pricing models for various businesses, delivering ROI through swift vulnerability rectification.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Guardium Vulnerability ...

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

51st

Average Rating

6.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Vulcan Cyber

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

24th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Risk-Based Vulnerability Management (10th), Cloud Security Remediation (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Vulcan Cyber is 0.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Vulnerability Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Vulcan Cyber	0.6%
IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment	0.7%
Other	98.7%

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Dr. Sajid Latif

Guardium Administrator at Interactive Group

Improvements sought in database optimization while benefiting from robust security monitoring

We use the analytical functionality of Guardium, but the analytical functionality is not so powerful or flexible because it does not include the application user ID. It only includes the database user ID. To identify risky users, it does not support end users, so IBM must incorporate this feature into the built-in analytical engine of the Guardium. There is only one problem I experienced while using Guardium: the internal database of the collector is MySQL, which is not so powerful or flexible. When you make a query in a MySQL database, it takes too much time to respond. IBM should replace this MySQL database with a more powerful internal database for the logging mechanism so that Guardium can collect logging data flexibly and ensure optimization. My overall experience with Guardium is good. The only problem is that IBM must replace the internal DB, MySQL, with a more powerful enterprise-level database because enterprises use it at an enterprise level, and MySQL does not support optimally.

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reviewer2649297

Technical Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Streamlines prioritization but reporting needs enhancement

There are several areas needing improvement. The product helps, but the reporting relies heavily on Power BI. It is limited to graphical views and requires additional filtering, posing operational challenges. The inability to download specific asset details directly from the Power BI portal is a drawback, particularly for non-technical users, though it provides high-level executive summaries. The reporting model should be enhanced so that we have the flexibility to download. We have requested a few features, and they are open to accepting those requests. It needs ITSM improvements. It has out-of-the-box integration with ServiceNow, but the customer is using BMC Helix ITSM. We would like an integration with BMC Helix ITSM. When uploading CSV files without an out-of-the-box connector, duplicate entries for assets occur. We have already reported this to them, but we are not sure when they will fix it. It will significantly benefit if we can directly upload business context information from CMDB without manual merging efforts. It can also have automatic remediation capabilities through SCCM or something else.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The reporting features are good and there are many built-in reports that can be quickly configured."

"The best feature is that you can see the activity in your data environment and have the ability to get the vulnerability assessments done quickly with scores that can be compared."

"It helped with some of the regulatory requirements. It also helped with some of the security analytics and analysis. It was worthwhile from that perspective."

"It helped with some of the regulatory requirements, and it also helped with some of the security analytics and analysis, making it worthwhile from that perspective."

"The most valuable feature is that it provides a simple English recommendation on actions that you need to take once a vulnerability is discovered."

"The Vulnerability Assessment feature is quite stable and helps identify numerous vulnerabilities in databases."

"The most valuable feature is that it provides a simple English recommendation on actions that you need to take once a vulnerability is discovered."

"Out of the three solutions I've used, Vulcan Cyber is the superior option."

"I was part of the initial deployment. It was pretty easy. To fully deploy, it took about three or four weeks."

"They recently upgraded their UI, which is great. It is user-friendly."

"The interface of Vulcan Cyber is intuitive with a lot of information about vulnerabilities, which helps in classifying and analyzing threats."

"The most notable aspects include having prioritization capabilities and custom scripts."

"Now that the solution is onboarded, we are saving a lot of time. We're saving roughly four to ten hours a week."

"One of the features that I find valuable is the ability to bifurcate the report according to the many options available."

"Vulcan Cyber is a very good tool."

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Cons

"It was not as easy to use. The user-friendliness of it was somewhat lower than what I was expecting. It was also lacking in terms of the ease of the setup. There should be an automatic agent for deployment."

"The interface could be improved by having sub-groups of tests, ultimately making the process of collecting tests faster."

"Building policies is not that easy. There are some things that are turned off by default, for example, displaying values."

"The only problem is that some of the reports come up with blanks and missing data."

"The interface could be improved by having sub-groups of tests, ultimately making the process of collecting tests faster."

"There is only one problem I experienced while using Guardium: the internal database of the collector is MySQL, which is not so powerful or flexible."

"I wouldn't use it. That would be my advice to others looking into implementing IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment."

"Mainly, what I would like from them is more maintenance of the different connectors they have in the platform."

"We wish we had more insights into how they weigh the risks associated with the threat intel."

"The performance is bad. The query and the UI are always slow, and it's quite frustrating. Vulcan is trying to solve this with a newer design. The dashboard is also crowded. It pulls in all this raw information that you need to filter. Vulcan has filtering capabilities, but they're hard to manage. The labels aren't very clear, so you need to do things by trial and error. It's not as easy as other tools we've been using."

"An important area is performance and speed, as Vulcan Cyber often lacks speed when exporting reports."

"We've faced situations where we required support on a Friday, and support wasn't available."

"There are several areas needing improvement. The product helps, but the reporting relies heavily on Power BI. It is limited to graphical views and requires additional filtering, posing operational challenges."

"The fact that we cannot use it for our reporting leads me to rate it three out of ten."

"I would rate the tool between six and seven because there have been instances when the tool was down, and I couldn't access Cyber reports. Additionally, the Vulcan Cyber team made changes to the tool and did not notify us."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"One thing not advantageous for it was that it was a little bit more expensive. I would rate it one out of five in terms of pricing."

"Its pricing is quite fair compared to what is out there in the market, especially compared to the tool from Microsoft. It is a SaaS platform that has an annual cost, so it is something that is already used by many companies. It is quite affordable."

"Our leadership knows better about the pricing. As per my knowledge, which might not be accurate, its price can come down."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

30%

Government

Healthcare Company

Construction Company

Computer Software Company

26%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

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What is your primary use case for IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

We are still using IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment. We only use IBM Guardium Data Protection and monitoring, data protection and monitoring, classical Guardium. We only use classical Guardium...

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What advice do you have for others considering IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

We do not use IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment for data encryption or any other tool for analytics, or identity and governance. We do not use any other solution except for protection and monit...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Vulcan Cyber?

I don't deal with the pricing of the solution. I'm not a part of that department.

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What needs improvement with Vulcan Cyber?

One area for improvement is clarity in the results column of vulnerability reports. Currently, the path where the vulnerability lies is not clear, so Vulcan needs to work on specifying the correct ...

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What is your primary use case for Vulcan Cyber?

I have been using the solution for more than six months. Essentially, any reporting I do for our internal Internet assets involves using Vulcan. The primary use of Vulcan is extracting the reports,...

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Overview

IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment scans data infrastructures (databases, data warehouses and big data environments) to detect vulnerabilities, and suggests remedial actions. The solution identifies exposures such as missing patches, weak passwords, unauthorized changes and misconfigured privileges.

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Vulcan Cyber is used by leading cyber security organizations to manage exposure risk created by unmitigated infrastructure, application, code and cloud vulnerabilities.

The Vulcan Cyber ExposureOS starts by correlating and normalizing risk and asset data aggregated from hundreds of vulnerability scanners, asset repositories and threat intelligence feeds. These signals are then used to create a singular view of your organization's attack surfaces to make exposure risk and vulnerability prioritization accurate and actionable.

Vulcan Cyber ExposureOS reduces mean time to remediation by fostering efficient collaboration among security teams, asset and remediation owners through orchestrated workflows and automated remediation tasks.

Use Vulcan Cyber to measure security posture improvement, efficacy of vulnerability risk mitigation campaigns, and compliance with SLAs and regulatory frameworks such as PCI DSS, DORA, NIS2 and HIPPA.

Vulcan Cyber is the only vulnerability risk management solution provider to be named a "Leader" in both the Forrester Wave and Omdia Universe evaluations in 2023.

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Sample Customers

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Stitch Fix, Mandiant, Wealthsimple, Entrust, Anaplan, Deloitte, Origami Risk, Verana Health

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