IBM Security Guardium Data Protection offers valuable features like data activity monitoring, database protection, flexible deployment, and real-time alerts. Users appreciate its ease of use, comprehensive monitoring, and integration capabilities. It allows centralized management, supports diverse databases, and enhances data classification. Clients find the database logging, audit functions, and customizable reports helpful. It excels in protecting sensitive information, blocking unauthorized access, and helps comply with security standards. Robust policies and dynamic encryption further strengthen its cybersecurity capabilities.
- "The best feature is how many databases we can protect with one solution because it has compatibility with different databases, including Oracle, SQL, and DB2."
- "The investment return was good because IBM Security Guardium Data Protection provided significant security and compliance benefits."
- "It is very easy to obtain reports and manage the reporting interface."
IBM Security Guardium Data Protection requires enhancements in its user interface, reporting, and file activity monitoring. Upgrades and deployment are complex, leading to concerns about risk and loss of data. Support and documentation are often slow and unclear. Functionality improvements are needed in areas such as data encryption, dynamic data masking, integration with flat file databases, and real-time masking. Cloud support is limited, and users express the need for better analytics, machine learning, and AI features.
- "The improvement needed relates to encryption capabilities. Currently, it doesn't use encryption for IBM i, because it's impossible."
- "The manuals should be clearer. There needs to be an online course or tutorial for faster management training."
- "The user interface could be improved and modernized."
