Imperva Data Security Fabric Reviews

The tool's most valuable features are DDoS protection, database security, and web application firewall. 

The benefits are operational. The outcome comes from preventing an attack on the organization. On the operational side, you generally have good, decent security measures for your application, database, and digital assets.

The tool's enrichment policy is doing a great job monitoring the database.

Imperva Data Security needs to improve first-level support. 

I have been working with the product for ten years. 

I would recommend the product to others and rate it a nine out of ten. 

I have worked with IBM before, and I prefer its ease of deployment and management. Imperva SecureSphere Database Security has tricky deployment, whereas IBM's deployment is straightforward because of the UI.

I have been using the solution for three years.

The tool's pricing is flexible and affordable for small and medium enterprises.

I rate the product an eight out of ten.

We are system integrators, so we mostly work on implementing projects. We don't handle maintenance or administration. Our focus is on implementation.

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

It's not just one feature because the whole process is important, starting from discovery to protection and prevention. If we use agent-based functionality instead of a gateway, the solution becomes more feature-rich.

Mostly in areas like data masking since they previously had a product called "camouflage," but it was dropped. It would be better to have something similar to that. 

Additionally, improvements can be made in data enrichment, aggregation of data from different perspectives, and enhancing the GUI (Graphical User Interface) for a better user experience.

We have experience in implementing the solution. It has been almost four years.

I would rate the stability of this solution a seven out of ten. There's some room for improvement in terms of stability.

I would rate the scalability of this solution as seven out of ten. It's scalable, but further implementation and development would make it even better.

We have been able to handle everything on our own. As partners, we are technical savvy.

The initial setup is actually quite easy. It's not something hard to do, but having some experience with the product is helpful.

If it's only the deployment, it takes around two to three days. But if we consider tuning and ongoing processes, the time for deployment varies.

ROI depends on the use case. Most companies use it for security and compliance. So, it varies based on the specific use cases.

It's not a cheap solution.

I would recommend considering Imperva. It's important to conduct a proof of concept (POC), include a list of potential different vendors or products, and make an informed decision.

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

We use this product to monitor database administrator events and activities on all services. We also use it for preventive measures. Some sensitive queries can be blocked in line before transactions occur.

It's great that we're able to send light event monitoring and administrative activities. SecureSephere has a robust recording system.

We have a lot of lost communication between the clients and the management server. This is a client-on-server solution and sometimes the agent stops communicating and it can take a lot of troubleshooting to solve the issue. It would also be helpful if they'd improve artificial intelligence. 

We've been using this solution for six years. 

The stability is pretty good. 

The scalability is good. 

The customer support is not very good. 

I don't recall the name of the previous solution but we switched to Imperva because it was less complex. 

The initial setup was reasonably straightforward. The deployment took about three months and we had some external assistance. 

This is an expensive solution. We pay an additional amount for support. 

Staff need training prior to using this product. 

I rate this solution nine out of 10.

We primarily use the solution  just to monitor database activity on all the in-house databases.

I like almost everything about the solution. That includes sensitive data scanning, which is what is the most important. The data discovery is great as well. 

I like the activity monitoring. That was the main reason we purchased the tool.

The integration is great.

They do quite a lot of feature updates. 

The solution needs local support.

They need to do a little bit more knowledge-sharing with the tool. Knowledge-sharing is not what you normally get with Microsoft, Symantec, or any other tools that are leaders in their respective spaces. This is more of a closed-group type of solution only, whereby the information is only accessible to certain groups, or maybe in certain countries. It needs a broader, more accessible knowledge base. 

There could be more on the monitoring side of things. They need more monitoring tools within the tool itself. Although it does a good job monitoring databases, in terms of the health of its agent gateways to verify communication and all that, there are basically no utilities available within the tool.

I've used the solution for a little over three years. 

The stability is average. I'd rate it three and a half out of five in terms of stability. It's not too bad. 

This is a highly scalable product. I'd rate it four out of five in terms of its ability to scale. 

We have 15 people using the solution.

Local companies have limited exposure to the tool There's professional support and support from the providers, however, if they don't know too much about it, they cannot provide adequate help. 

Positive

While I didn't handle the initial deployment myself, from the training I have done, it is my understanding that the implementation process would not be that hard. 

I'm not sure how many people were involved in the deployment. 

I handle any maintenance myself with the sales provider. There might be six people available to maintain the product. There would be about three from the customer side and two from the service provider's side.

We did have a third party assist with the initial setup. They were from the vendor. 

I am not sure how much the licensing is exactly. that said, my understanding is that it is expensive. 

We're customers and end-users.

We are using the latest version of the solution. 

It's pretty good in terms of capabilities. I'd rate it eight out of ten. 

Our customers are using Imperva SecureSphere Database Security for GDP compliance.

Using Imperva SecureSphere Database Security has improved our organization by providing us with safety from vulnerabilities. We have better rules and rights management for our sensitive database.

The most valuable features of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security are the user-friendliness, easy-to-use interface compared to competitors, database operations do not need a specialist, and simple to manage for our security team. Additionally, the solution can show all the databases and the level of sensitivity. It can show what is more sensitive or less sensitive.

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.

I have been using Imperva SecureSphere Database Security for approximately two months.

Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is stable.

The scalability of Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is easy, and it scales well.

We have approximately 10 to 15 users using the solution. There are administrators and team leaders using the solution.

I have not used another solution previously.

Imperva SecureSphere Database Security was simple for our engineers to implement. It is easier than other similar solutions. The full deployment took a few weeks.

Our engineering team did he implementation Imperva SecureSphere Database Security with the help of some partners. We require a lot of people for the deployment of the solution. We typically require one IT administrator, engineer, and partner engineers.

It is too early to tell if we have received a return on investment.

Imperva SecureSphere Database Security was quite expensive several years ago, but now they provide a subscription plan for licensing. It is available now for smaller and medium-sized companies, not only large enterprises.

There are many licensing options available, such as monthly and annually. Additionally, The hardware can be available on a perpetual license. There are not any additional costs other than deployment fees if you use a partner or integrator.

I rate Imperva SecureSphere Database Security a nine out of ten.

I'm the product manager for Imperva in Africa for a distributor. I manage it every day, but I don't personally use it. We sell Imperva to customers in 17 countries. 

Its deployment depends on the customer. Some customers have their databases in the cloud, and if they have them in the cloud, we give them the cloud database security of Imperva. If their database is on-premises, then we deploy it on-premises, and the reseller implements the solution on-premises.

There are three major main use cases of this solution. The first one is to fulfill compliance regulations. Customers—especially the banks, health sector, and manufacturing—need to comply with the regulations in different countries. They have to fulfill compliance regulations around the privacy of data. In order to fulfill those requirements, they're using Imperva. It helps them to fulfill these requirements, and they are not fined by the regulators. That is the first use case why people buy Imperva.

The second one is for security itself. They don't want a cybercriminal to have access to the data. Imperva is a security solution, and you can use it to block unauthorized access to your data. 

The third one is related to rightful access to the data. They want to know:

• Who has access to the data internally?
• What queries were being issued on the database?
• What time did they log in?
• What is going on within the environment?
• Who is touching the data?
• What are they doing with the data internally? 

Customers or organizations want to have access or have visibility into all these.

They can maybe look at its pricing model. Its pricing could be cheaper for the African countries or developing economies.

I have been using this solution for three years.

It is very scalable. If a customer wants it for five database servers, he gets licenses for five database servers. Tomorrow, if they want licenses for two extra databases, they can just buy the extra two licenses. It is very scalable and very straightforward.

Their support is fantastic. It is 24/7. You raise a ticket, and you get someone assigned to you immediately.

I would rate them a five out of five. In a worst-case scenario, it would be a four, but it's always very straightforward. We get a very quick response.

It is very easy and very straightforward. There are no complications.

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.

It is very straightforward. It is probably the best solution out there in terms of data security. About 90% to 95% of the banks in Nigeria use Imperva. When you have such a success story in Nigeria, Ghana, and of course, many other African countries, you can be sure that you are getting a very good solution. 

I would rate it a nine out of 10.

Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is used to store data for if there is an emergency we can restore it.

The performance of the solution is good.

The solution could improve by having more integration.

I have been using Imperva SecureSphere Database Security for six months.

The solution is stable.

Imperva SecureSphere Database Security is scalable.

We have three people in my organization using the solution.

I have not needed to use the support.

The installation is straightforward.

We have five engineers that do the implementation and maintenance of the solution.

The price of the solution is reasonable and it requires a license.

I rate Imperva SecureSphere Database Security a nine out of ten.

Our primary use for this product is as an application firewall.

The system reports vulnerabilities in my vulnerability assessment, but I need something to generate warning messages.

I would like to see integration such that there is support for different kinds of environments, such as on-premises versus cloud.

We have been using Imperva SecureSphere Database Security for more than five years.

This is a stable product.

We are not concerned with scalability because we do not have the need.

We don't speak directly with the vendor. We only call the managed solution provider.

We did not use another similar product prior to this one.

This is a managed service, so I did not handle the installation.

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

We may or may not continue using this product in the future, and I may recommend it to others, depending on their environment.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

We use it to prevent threats to the database. It is like a firewall in front of the database servers.

The cyber intelligence feature is the most valuable. 

It is very expensive. Its price can be better.

I have been using this solution for three years.

It is stable.

It is easy to scale technically, but it is so expensive. 

We have about five administrators who use this solution.

Their technical support is very good. In a few situations, they took too long to respond. I would rate them a nine out of ten.

The initial setup is easy. It took us four weeks to deploy it.

It is very expensive.

I would advise others to use a professional service to certify for the latest implementations. I would rate Imperva SecureSphere Database Security a nine out of ten.