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Database Security: Which solution is best?

Peerspot users review the highest reviewed solutions in the database security market.

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For today’s modern businesses, virtually every critical digital business asset ultimately makes it into corporate databases. Not surprisingly, these repositories often represent the most sought-after targets of malicious insiders and cyber attackers—and it’s a database compromise that tends to pose the most devastating strategic and financial penalties to victimised businesses. However, selecting a database security solution isn’t easy and there are many factors that decision makers must consider.

Over 540,000 professionals have used Peerspot research to inform their purchasing decisions. Its latest paper looks at the highest rated database security vendors, profiling each and examining what they can offer enterprise.

Here’s a breakdown of the key players currently active in the market:

CA ACF2

Average Rating: 9.0

Top Comparison: IBM Resource Access Control Facility

Overview: Provides innovative, comprehensive security for business transaction environments including Linux, UNIX and z/OS on System z—helping businesses realise the reliability, scalability and cost-effectiveness of the mainframe.

DataSunrise Database Security

Average Rating: 8.0

Top Comparison: Imperva SecureSphere Database Security

Overview: The primary tool defending corporate databases against harmful and hostile actions and ensure they remain in compliance.

IBM Guardium Data Protection

Average Rating: 8.3

Top Comparison: Imperva SecureSphere Database Security

Overview: Provides complete visibility, actionable insights, real time controls and automated compliance workflows throughout the entire data protection journey.

Imperva SecureSphere Database Security

Average Rating: 8.0

Top Comparison: IBM Guardium Data Protection

Overview: Audits all access to sensitive data and alerts or blocks database attacks and unauthorised activities, in real time.

JSonar

Average Rating: 8.0

Top Comparison: IBM Guardium Data Protection

Overview: Empowers organisations to meet the needs of their transforming business by delivering a 360-degree view of their database security and compliance program across any on-premise and cloud environments.

McAfee Vulnerability Manager for Databases

Average Rating: 8.0

Top Comparison: Imperva SecureSphere Database Security

Overview: Automatically discovers databases on the network, determines if the latest patches have been applied, and tests for common weaknesses.

Oracle Audit Vault

Average Rating: 8.3

Top Comparison: IBM Guardium Data Protection

Overview: Monitors Oracle and non-Oracle database traffic to detect and block threats, as well as improves compliance reporting by consolidating audit data from databases, operating systems, directories, and other sources.

Protegrity Data Security

Average Rating: 8.0

Top Comparison: Informatica Persistent Data Masking

Overview: Addresses multiple security, privacy, and compliance risks with advanced encryption and tokenization to transparently protect sensitive data as it moves across the network.