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Product	IBM Guardium Data Protection by IBM View product	DataGUARD by Symmetry Systems View product
Overview
What it is	IBM Guardium Data Protection delivers data security and database security for compliance. Explore its Data Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.	Evaluating DataGUARD? See how this Data Security tool handles multi-cloud DSPM and anomalous data access alerts, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.
Product type	Data security and activity monitoring	Data Security Posture Management & Object-Level Identity Graph
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology	Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Manufacturing, Public Sector
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	SaaSCloudHybrid
Deployment details	Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud	Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; In-Tenant Hybrid Agent (Customer VPC)
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Key features
What it offers	Data discovery, activity monitoring, threat detection and compliance for sensitive enterprise data across hybrid cloud. Data security Database security Data activity monitoring Compliance Threat detection Data discovery Activity monitoring	Object-level Identity & Data Graph Automated PII/PHI sensitive data classification Least-privilege permission right-sizing Anomalous data access alerts Multi-cloud DSPM Data security posture management Object-level least privilege enforcement Sensitive data discovery
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Databasescloud data storesSaaS	Cloud Storage Buckets (S3/Blob)Relational DatabasesBig Data Lakehouses
Compliance	PCI DSSGDPRCPRA and other reporting support	SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSNIST 800-53
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Hybrid cloudSaaSon-premises	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSnowflakeDatabricksJiraSplunk
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology	Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailManufacturingPublic Sector
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Symmetry Systems
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	250,000+	51-200
Founded	1911	2019

IBM Guardium Data Protection

by IBM

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DataGUARD

by Symmetry Systems

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Overview

What it is

IBM Guardium Data Protection

IBM Guardium Data Protection delivers data security and database security for compliance. Explore its Data Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.

DataGUARD

Evaluating DataGUARD? See how this Data Security tool handles multi-cloud DSPM and anomalous data access alerts, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

Product type

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Data security and activity monitoring

DataGUARD

Data Security Posture Management & Object-Level Identity Graph

Best for

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

DataGUARD

Financial Services, Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Manufacturing, Public Sector

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Contact Vendor

DataGUARD

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Guardium Data Protection

DataGUARD

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Cloud

DataGUARD

SaaSCloudHybrid

Deployment details

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud

DataGUARD

Cloud SaaS; Hybrid; Cloud SaaS; In-Tenant Hybrid Agent (Customer VPC)

Data residency

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Deployment and region dependent

DataGUARD

United States; European Union; AWS Cloud Infrastructure

Key features

What it offers

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Data discovery, activity monitoring, threat detection and compliance for sensitive enterprise data across hybrid cloud.
Data security
Database security
Data activity monitoring
Compliance
Threat detection
Data discovery
Activity monitoring

DataGUARD

Object-level Identity & Data Graph
Automated PII/PHI sensitive data classification
Least-privilege permission right-sizing
Anomalous data access alerts
Multi-cloud DSPM
Data security posture management
Object-level least privilege enforcement
Sensitive data discovery

Platform & access

API access

IBM Guardium Data Protection

DataGUARD

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Guardium Data Protection

DataGUARD

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Guardium Data Protection

DataGUARD

Multi-tenant

IBM Guardium Data Protection

DataGUARD

Mobile app

IBM Guardium Data Protection

DataGUARD

Supported platforms

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Databasescloud data storesSaaS

DataGUARD

Cloud Storage Buckets (S3/Blob)Relational DatabasesBig Data Lakehouses

Compliance

IBM Guardium Data Protection

PCI DSSGDPRCPRA and other reporting support

DataGUARD

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSNIST 800-53

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Hybrid cloudSaaSon-premises

DataGUARD

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSnowflakeDatabricksJiraSplunk

Industries

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

DataGUARD

Financial ServicesHealthcareTechnologyRetailManufacturingPublic Sector

Regions

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Global

DataGUARD

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Guardium Data Protection

IBM

DataGUARD

Symmetry Systems

Headquarters

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Armonk, New York, USA

DataGUARD

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

IBM Guardium Data Protection

250,000+

DataGUARD

51-200

Founded

IBM Guardium Data Protection

1911

DataGUARD

2019