IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment Reviews & Product Details

IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment scans data infrastructures (databases, data warehouses and big data environments) to detect vulnerabilities, and suggests remedial actions. The solution identifies exposures such as missing patches, weak passwords, unauthorized changes and misconfigured privileges. Full reports are provided as well as suggestions to address all vulnerabilities. Guardium Vulnerability Assessment detects behavioral vulnerabilities such as account sharing, excessive administrative logins and unusual after-hours activity. It identifies threats and security gaps in databases that could be exploited by hackers.

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IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment Community

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Jennifer Lovejoy Barraclough (Customer Marketing & Advocacy Manager at iboss)

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Amy M.

Information Technology Security Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/4/2022

"Shows us our databases' weaknesses so that we can fix them"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

I like that IBM Security GVA discovers all our databases automatically, saving us the time we would have spent doing that manually. It also scans the database for any weaknesses and goes a step further by suggesting remediation actions for any weaknesses and vulnerabilities found. It's a good tool for enhancing our database security by automating the scanning for vulnerabilities and weaknesses that hackers may use to attack us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

I have been having a hard time understanding the error logs that it sends, which also impedes my understanding of the problems and hence makes it hard to fix the issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment solving and how is that benefiting you?

This product is helping us improve our security for our databases by scanning them for any weaknesses or vulnerabilities that a hacker may exploit in their evil plans. IBM Security GVA helps us to limit user access to our databases and flags any unusual activity by users that may pose a threat to our database. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ali Rıza O.

Senior SEO Specialist

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/19/2023

"More Secure Data"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

We provide security for our company data with IBM Security Guardium. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

I have no idea about the negative side of IBM Security Guardium. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jamie K.

Software Test Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/18/2022

"Identifies security gaps and vulnerabilities in our database"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

IBM GVA is very good because it scans our entire database for any vulnerabilities or weaknesses in our security protocols, it also sends real-time alerts and notifications whenever a potential threat or suspicious activity is identified and gives suggestions on how to fix those security gaps. This has enabled us to effectively and quickly respond to all suspicious activities and weaknesses, and thus we are able to safeguard our data in our database and warehouse from external and internal attacks and from data breach or data loss scenarios. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

It's a bit complex to deploy during initial setup and the available documentation isn't sufficient to guide through this initial setup process. Took us a bit of time though we eventually figured it out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM GVA is our first line of defense in our database security, we use it to scan and identify all weaknesses, vulnerabilities that a hacker may use to access our database and cause damage. IBM GVA has identified both architectural and user behavior weaknesses such as shared passwords/accounts, unusual hour login, and so much more, and it gives us suggestions on how to fix these vulnerabilities to enhance our database security. IBM GVA has allowed us to effectively safeguard our sensitive company data from all threats and attacks from different sources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tatiana A.

Mobile Application Developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/20/2022

"Improves our database security through effective vulnerability assessment"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

I like IBM Security GVA because it scans and identifies any weak points in our database and sends a comprehensive actionable report on any vulnerabilities and weaknesses such as weak passwords, unusual after hours activity, Account sharing and missing patches amongs others and more than that it gives immediate actionable suggestions on how to address those vulnerabilities. I also like that it has automated configuration so setting up and deployment is easy and hassle free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

I have had a very good experience with IBM Security Guardium Vulnerability Assessment so nothing to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM Security Guardium Vulnerability Assessment is helping us secure our database by checking for any vulnerabilities that could pose a serious threat to our data safety, it helps to identify any weaknesses in our database that a hacker can exploit to gain acces and suggests wys to fix and remwdy the situation. Our database is safe because if IBM security GVA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Deepansh D.

Enterprise Architect

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/27/2022

"IBM Security Guardium is a great robust vulnerability assessment tool"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

Old legacy system integration is at best but they should upgrade the tool to be compatible with latest technologies and cloud integration should be in the roadmap further. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment solving and how is that benefiting you?

IBM Guardium helps in identifying security gaps in databases like missing patches, weak passwords, unauthorized changes, and misconfigured privileges and excessive administrative logins etc. It helps in finding after-hours activity and other behavioral vulnerabilities such as account sharing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 6/30/2022

"Overall Effective Real Time Data Monitoring and Protection Tool"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

To assess data risks and manage data threats, we make use of IBM Security Guardium. Additionally, it offers reports and a dashboard for visualising data dangers. Additionally, it is beneficial to do vulnerability analyses and deal with problems in my organisation such weak passwords and illegal changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

Problem-solving techniques should be improved. There could be more user-friendly navigation. It affects how well the system performs. extended deployment period Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment:

It helps to keep organizational data safe and secure by keeping track of real-time data transfers. It also helps to protect our systems from server attacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment solving and how is that benefiting you?

Without any prior expertise, our IT team was able to understand the product, however the navigation and interface are a little challenging for new users and might be enhanced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jwala S.

Product Associate

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/27/2022

"Nice User Experience"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

Good data encryption and Data masking Features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

There are not much negative things about this but it lacks more customization capabilities in reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/9/2022

"All in one vulnerability analysis tool"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

Its ability to scan all sorts of data and detailed reporting was impressive and promising. It helps to improve data security and avoid breaches of sensitive laws. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

Even though it provides the analysis in real-time the dashboards are not that appealing they can definitely improve the look and feel of them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tejaswini S.

Technical Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/10/2022

"IBM Security Guardium Vulnerability"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

Save critical time and resources with intuitive test builders, robust reporting and automation; customize for your unique environment and take precise action. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Guardium Vulnerability Assessment?

Nothing so far that I know. Need to work more on it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.