Imperva SecureSphere Database Security vs McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] comparison

"The beauty of it is that it provides segregation of duties. Typically, in the traditional environment, DBAs administer the database, and they have too much access. We are in the process of implementing other Oracle solutions, and it brings some kind of segregation. Just because someone is a DBA does not mean that he or she should have access to all of the data. Some of the data can be masked so that privacy and security are enhanced, especially when it is customer data for an institution like a bank."

"We use it for database security, vulnerability analysis, discovery, and handling requests from applications and users."

"The functionality is very useable and easy to understand."

"The technical support for Imperva is super, super, super."

"Currently, we have audit features for auditing databases, for example, granular auditing, which we really enjoy. We've been using it to check what users do."

"It has a lot of different components that cover the needs of our customers."

"The performance of the solution is good."

"Imperva's most valuable features are ease of use and log correlation. I also like the ability to trace activity from the host machine to the server access, the user details, and the exact query that they executed. If a database administrator or application process executes a query on the database, people know exactly what was executed, including all the variables."

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

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

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

"The solution needs local support."

"There are specific missing features in the Imperva SecureSphere Database Security that I would like to see included or enhanced."

"It is very expensive. Its price can be better."

"Imperva SecureSphere Database Security could improve the database defense feature called camouflage. This feature was responsible for the data mask but now it does not work well and we need another solution. All our banks have teams that are regarded with care and they need to mask sensitive data in order to provide testing to developers."

"The GUI for this solution could use some improvement."

"Data encryption. Yeah, Imperva needs to pull up on data encryption and make it a standard feature to allow maybe for tokenization, encryption of data, and things like that."

"I'd like to see some sort of solution for storage."

"The firewall features are not very strong and should be improved."

"Technical support could be more responsive."

"The UI needs to be improved."

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

"Imperva is too expensive for small and medium-sized enterprises. They're missing out on technology that helps them manage their data security better. Data security is essential because even the strongest network may be attacked from the inside without it."

"It is very expensive."

"The pricing over-all depends on the entry level. For example, if support and maintenance are about $20,000 - $25,000, the initial cost can be five times more. It is less expensive for the company to maintain the client than to make the deployment."

"We have all the licenses, which we pay for annually. The price is a little high, but the product is good."

"Its pricing could be cheaper for the African countries or developing economies. The British pound is valued way more than the currency of most African countries. A better or cheaper pricing model for Nigerian and African customers would be better. It has a per-year subscription model. You pay exactly for what you need. That's all. You don't have to buy what you don't need."

"This is an expensive solution and the price should be reduced."

"The price is very high but compared to the price of the overall solution, then I think it's a good deal because the solution itself is great."

"The cost of support for this solution is very expensive."

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