We performed a comparison between IBM Security Guardium Data Protection and McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about IBM, Imperva, Oracle and others in Database Security."Gathering the data works very well. "
"The product has proven to be flexible"
"We now have the ability to begin to understand how people, applications, and service accounts are interacting with data to better protect it."
"We also use IBM Guardium to support security initiatives and compliance policies. For example, our audit area can verify if someone has access to information that they shouldn't have, for their regular job functions."
"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."
"The most valuable feature for me, in my role as systems DBA, is the expediting of internal and external audits."
"The front-end works very well."
"Setting up Guardium was easy and straightforward."
"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."
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"Could be more user friendly; deployment is a little complex."
"The backup and recovery is very resource-hungry and requires a huge amount of storage capacity."
"An area for improvement would be the user interface - currently, it takes around two to three months to become comfortable using it."
"The ability for Central Managers to talk to one another could be improved. I have 26 Central Managers and 26 silos which are independent."
"An improvement would be to make the pricing relative in terms of regions."
"I have already mentioned to IBM that a primary need is to improve the number of records in the reports above 65,535."
"It would be helpful, and convenient to improve the Chat support."
"I would like to see IBM Guardium have other encryption algorithms employed."
"The UI needs to be improved."
"Technical support could be more responsive."
"In the next feature, I'd like to see more integrations and updates overall, specifically bottom tech."
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IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is ranked 1st in Database Security with 70 reviews while McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Database Security with 3 reviews. IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is rated 8.2, while McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] is rated 7.6. 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 McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] writes "The solution's activity monitoring is valuable, but it should have more integrations and updates overall". IBM Security Guardium Data Protection is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security, Oracle Audit Vault, Oracle Advanced Security, DataSunrise Database Security and Vormetric Application Crypto Suite, whereas McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] is most compared with Imperva SecureSphere Database Security.
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