IBM Security Guardium Data Protection vs McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] comparison

"It allows us to put in controls to make sure that only the right persons access the proper records in the database."

"It can help with PCI compliance. It includes features like data masking, especially during queries, which supports compliance efforts."

"Satisfies audit requests, to give us an idea if anybody is accessing our privileged user IDs without our knowledge."

"The solution has definitely saved us time, because if you want to monitor this kind of vast environment of different products, it's going to take a lot of time. Let's say one database server has 100 database instances running on it; I don't need to install 100 data instances, I just need to install on the one database server and that will cover all of my instances on that particular database."

"he solution offers trouble-free access."

"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."

"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."

"The support is very good. They are very quick to respond when we have issues."

"The technical support is good; they are knowledgeable."

"The feature I have found most valuable is activity monitoring."

"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."

"Could be more user friendly; deployment is a little complex."

"The solution should allow the data to shift to a centralized repository with elastic servers and big data infrastructure"

"Right now we're having some issues where it's using a high CPU, we don't know why. So, better testing before the product is ready would help."

"More automation, user guides, and tips would make this solution better."

"Initially it did not have support external applications like, say, Tableau, ServiceNow, Remedy, and the like. They have started growing into it, but I would like to have more and more integration with outside applications."

"I'd like to see a smoother GUI interface for the CAS agent - CAS does configurations on the database - to interface better with the vulnerability assessments."

"The deployment is complex and requires expertise to deploy."

"In the next feature, I'd like to see more integrations and updates overall, specifically bottom tech."

"The UI needs to be improved."

"Technical support could be more responsive."

"​If you are researching this type of solution, work with IBM."

"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."

"My company purchased IBM Guardium Data Protection in a package, so I'm unable to give its exact licensing cost, but for the package of three IBM solutions, it wasn't very expensive. I'd rate the pricing for all three solutions three out of five. When my team deployed IBM Guardium Data Protection, all features were included."

"Guardium has not saved us time or money."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is very high price, I rate the solution's pricing a nine out of ten."

"The price of Guardium is higher than the main competitor, Imperva. In addition, it's complex as the calculation of the licensing is done by Processor Value Unit (PVU). However, before purchasing a DAP solution, it is important to analyze specific points to evaluate the cost-benefit of each tool. For example: Does the environment to be monitored have mainframes? If so, it's a point for Guardium. If not, a point for Imperva. Note: IBM is looking into a new licensing policy and reducing the price of Guardium."

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

"For IBM Guardium, licensing is very simple and straightforward. There are no issues I can speak of."

"It's not expensive compared to other products that are available."