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Safeguard critical, sensitive, or regulated data wherever it resides
Overview
IBM Security Guardium Multi-Cloud Data Protection: Safeguard critical, sensitive, or regulated data wherever it resides.
A Guardium Collector can be run as a standalone instance or as part of scaled, multi-tier architecture utilizing both an Aggregator and Central Manager. An Aggregator allows for data to be consolidated and/or purged from Collectors while a Central Manager enables central administration of all Guardium instances.
Current Guardium customers can use their existing licenses.
New to Guardium? View our interactive demo: https://www.ibm.com/security/resources/guardium-data-protection-demoÂ
We recommend using IBM Security Guardium version 11.2 plus any new fix bundles from Fix Central. Older versions are made available for archival purposes and may contain bugs and/or security vulnerabilities. Security bulletins contain instructions for the security vulnerability addressed therein, and may require upgrading to a newer version. Fix bundles to update this version can be found on IBM Support Fix Central (https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/Â ). Link to IBM PSIRT Blog: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/Â
Highlights
- Discover sensitive data, harden the environment against vulnerabilities
- Monitor user activity for data and files, providing real-time visibility and threat analytics
- Protect sensitive data using real-time alerting, dynamic masking, blocking, and quarantining
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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OtherLinux 12.0
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We do not offer refunds but you can terminate the instance at any time.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
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- Login into the CLI a. Use the access key pair associated with the instance i. In Linux run ssh -i <PEM key> cli@<instance IP> ii. In Window/Putty you will need to convert the .pem key to .ppk See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/putty.htmlÂ
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Rogério D.
We use the solution with great results
Reviewed on Jul 10, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The tool provides a lot of security and usability. We have never had any problems with security breaches.
What do you dislike about the product?
So far, no problems to report, all demands were very well met.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Guardium Data Protection, a data security solution, protects our sensitive information in cloud environments. It offers a comprehensive trust approach, ensuring the security of both structured and unstructured data. Guardium has helped us discover vulnerabilities, monitor data activity, automate compliance, and streamline audits.
Rajvardhan K.
Good experience
Reviewed on Jun 21, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It is one of the best data protection process
What do you dislike about the product?
While IBM Guardium Data Protection is a powerful and comprehensive solution, one challenge I’ve noticed is its initial setup and configuration complexity. For teams without prior experience, the learning curve can be steep — especially when deploying it across hybrid or multi-cloud environments. It often requires skilled resources to fine-tune policies and ensure optimal performance."
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Guardium Data Protection addresses several critical challenges in data security and compliance. One major problem it solves is the lack of visibility into sensitive data access across complex environments. It provides real-time monitoring of database and file activity, helping detect unauthorized access, policy violations, and potential insider threats before they escalate."
Wireless
A Enterprise Grade Data Security
Reviewed on Jun 20, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about IBM Guardium is it's ability to monitor all database activities in real time without impacting performance. It gives detailed visibility into who is accessing sensitive data and helps enforcing security policies immediately.
What do you dislike about the product?
One thing I dislike about IBM guardium is that it's interface seems outdated and complex for new users. Also licensing and pricing is a bit high.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Guardium helps solve the problem of unauthorized data access and data breaches by continously monitoring who is accessing sensitive information. This has benefitted me by tracking data access and is easier to detect and respond quickly.
Vigneshwaran P.
Comprehensive Data Security and Compliance Solution
Reviewed on Jun 20, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Guardium has significantly improved our data visibility and compliance posture
The ability to track sensitive data activity in real time, generate customizable compliance reports, and integrate with SIEM tools makes Guardium highly effective for both security and audit teams. Its support for multiple databases and cloud environments is a major plus.
The ability to track sensitive data activity in real time, generate customizable compliance reports, and integrate with SIEM tools makes Guardium highly effective for both security and audit teams. Its support for multiple databases and cloud environments is a major plus.
What do you dislike about the product?
Initial setup and policy configuration can be complex and time-consuming, especially in heterogeneous environments. The user interface could also be more intuitive for first-time users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Guardium Data Protection helps us address critical data security challenges such as unauthorized access, data leakage, and compliance with regulations like GDPR and HIPAA. By providing real-time monitoring, auditing, and automated alerts, it enables us to proactively detect threats, streamline audit processes, and ensure that sensitive data is protected across databases and cloud environments. This has significantly reduced our risk exposure and improved our overall security posture.
Information Technology and Services
Comprehensive Data Activity Monitoring for Enterprise-Grade Security
Reviewed on Jun 19, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Guardium has been really helpful for keeping an eye on who’s accessing our sensitive data. I like that it works well with different types of databases, both on-prem and in the cloud, which is important since we use a mix of both. It also comes with ready-made templates for things like GDPR and PCI-DSS, which made compliance checks a lot easier for us. One of the best parts is how it alerts us about unusual user behavior, it actually helped us spot a few things early before they became serious issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial setup and configuration can be quite complex, especially for smaller teams or those without prior experience with IBM tools. There's a definite learning curve, and some features are deeply nested, making them harder to access until you're more familiar with the platform. Also, the licensing and infrastructure costs are relatively high, which might be a challenge for startups or small companies. Lastly, some of the performance reports can lag during high-load periods, so resource optimization is important.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Guardium helps us track and monitor who is accessing important or sensitive data, especially in environments where we have multiple databases running. It gives us visibility into database activity, which is super useful for security and compliance. Before using it, it was tough to catch issues unless someone reported them manually. Now, we get alerts for unusual behavior, which helps us respond faster. It’s also made audit and compliance checks much less stressful.