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IBM Guardium Data Protection

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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.

VAST Data Platform

Get the facts on VAST Data Platform: AES-256 encryption. Built for enterprise AI data infrastructure. Compare it with other Data Security options before you decide.

Product type

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Data security and activity monitoring

VAST Data Platform

All-Flash Universal Data Platform & Cyber-Resilient Storage Architecture

Best for

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine Learning, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Media, Telecom, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Guardium Data Protection

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VAST Data Platform

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Free trial

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Free trial: no

VAST Data Platform

Free trial: no

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Cloud

VAST Data Platform

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud

VAST Data Platform

Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud Architecture

Data residency

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Deployment and region dependent

VAST Data Platform

Customer Datacenter Hardware / Colocation Facility

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

VAST Data Platform

  • Disaggregated Shared-Everything (DASE) architecture
  • All-flash NVMe performance
  • Indestructible immutable snapshots
  • Unified NFS/SMB/S3 protocol support
  • AES-256 encryption
  • Enterprise AI data infrastructure
  • Immutable ransomware recovery snapshots
  • Scale-out unstructured file and object storage

Platform & access

API access

IBM Guardium Data Protection

API access: yes

VAST Data Platform

API access: yes

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Guardium Data Protection

SSO: yes

VAST Data Platform

SSO: yes

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Guardium Data Protection

RBAC: yes

VAST Data Platform

RBAC: yes

Multi-tenant

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Multi-tenant: yes

VAST Data Platform

Multi-tenant: yes

Mobile app

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Mobile app: no

VAST Data Platform

Mobile app: no

Supported platforms

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Databasescloud data storesSaaS

VAST Data Platform

AI Compute ClustersEnterprise DatacentersGPU Superclusters

Compliance

IBM Guardium Data Protection

PCI DSSGDPRCPRA and other reporting support

VAST Data Platform

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Hybrid cloudSaaSon-premises

VAST Data Platform

NVIDIA DGXKubernetesApache SparkVMwareAWSMicrosoft Azure

Industries

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine LearningLife SciencesFinancial ServicesMediaTelecomTelecommunications

Regions

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Global

VAST Data Platform

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Guardium Data Protection

IBM

VAST Data Platform

VAST Data

Headquarters

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Armonk, New York, USA

VAST Data Platform

New York, New York, USA

Company size

IBM Guardium Data Protection

250,000+

VAST Data Platform

1,000+

Founded

IBM Guardium Data Protection

1911

VAST Data Platform

2016

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