McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases [EOL] vs Oracle Audit Vault comparison

McAfee and Oracle are both solutions in the Database Security category. Additionally, 100% of McAfee users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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90% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

McAfee Vulnerability Manage...

Average Rating

7.6

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Oracle Audit Vault

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

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Database Security (3rd)

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Wahidur Rahman

Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited

The solution's activity monitoring is valuable, but it should have more integrations and updates overall

Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority assessments The feature I have found most valuable is activity monitoring. McAfee has not had many legacy features. They are not updating their value adjustment.In the next feature, I'd…

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Yves Moro

Oracle Database Administrator at SOCITECH S.A.

Provides good security, and is helpful for auditing the data and seeing what's happening

Currently, you need two servers: one for Audit Vault and one for the firewall. If they can combine them into one server, it will be great because it is costly to have two servers. It will also make its installation easier. I have heard that in the new version, there will be only one server for both. I use it only for security purposes, and they can continue to improve it with more security tools and features. It should be powerful like FortiGate. When it becomes powerful like FortiGate, people will only go for this solution for their infrastructure. Their support could be faster.

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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 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 is very stable and reliable."

"The feature that I have found most valuable is that it can help us secure our databases."

"Technical support is perfect."

"Out-of-the-box policies ensure our compliance with standards like SOX, ISO 27001, and so on."

"A powerful, flexible solution for database traffic monitoring."

"Oracle Audit Vault has a lot of great features, but what I find most valuable is the database firewall."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle Audit Vault is that it is agentless and enhanced user interface."

"This solution acts as a complete data warehouse for our audit data."

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Cons

"The UI needs to be improved."

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

"Technical support could be more responsive."

"I hear from many people that say IBM Guardian is better than Oracle Audit Vault when it comes to performance. IBM Guardian works transparently in the database, but Oracle Audit Vault consumes some ratios on the server."

"We would like to see the ability to administer and manage the solution through Enterprise Manager 13c, and development of the dashboards that are generally missing."

"Some of our customers were asking about latency when the application wants to get to the database."

"The support could improve."

"Currently, you need two servers: one for Audit Vault and one for the firewall. If they can combine them into one server, it will be great because it is costly to have two servers. It will also make its installation easier. I have heard that in the new version, there will be only one server for both."

"Customized reporting is something that we are struggling with, and it is quite tough for us."

"One feature that is missing is the ability to have a secret server that is always encrypted."

"This solution doesn't audit the network."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Oracle can be an expensive solution depending on the options and user needs."

"This solution is definitely not expensive, and it is a small fraction of the overall database licensing costs."

"The licensing cost is about $360,000, annually."

"For the bank, the license was $48,000 last time. That was the licensing for the bank on just one license."

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Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

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Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	11

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What do you like most about Oracle Audit Vault?

Oracle Audit Vault has a lot of great features, but what I find most valuable is the database firewall.

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I would rate the costliness of Oracle Audit Vault as a seven out of ten. It is a bit expensive.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Audit Vault?

The performance of Oracle Audit Vault could be improved, especially in handling large data collections and generating reports on time. Additionally, the efficiency of queries for retrieving informa...

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Overview

McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases automatically discovers databases on your network, determines if the latest patches have been applied, and tests for common weaknesses.

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Oracle Audit Vault monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic to detect and block threats, as well as improves compliance reporting by consolidating audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and other sources.

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Abu Dhabi Department of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Educational Testing Service, Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd., SPC Brasil, REDISA, Qatar Olympic Committee, Seneca College, Hunan Social Insurance Management and Service Bureau,

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