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Safeguard critical, sensitive, or regulated data wherever it resides
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Overview
An Aggregator consolidates data from Collectors, while providing data retention and management capabilities through export, archive, and purge operations. Optionally, an Aggregator can also be designated as a Central Manager, allowing for top-down administration of all Guardium instances and a holistic view of stored data across the environment - all from a single location.
Current Guardium customers can use their existing licenses.
New to Guardium? View our interactive demo: https://www.ibm.com/security/resources/guardium-data-protection-demo
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/ ). Link to IBM PSIRT Blog: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/
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)
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 to the CLI a. Use access key pair i. In Linux run ssh -i <PEM file> cli@<instance IP> ii. In Windows/Putty convert PEM file to .ppk See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/putty.html for more information
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Customer reviews
Information Technology and Services
Exceptional Real-Time Data Monitoring and Compliance Reporting
Reviewed on Dec 11, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Guardium is best known for real-time monitoring of sensitive data, strong compliance reporting, and broad integration across hybrid environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
IBM Guardium can feel complex to deploy and manage, requires significant tuning for large environments, and comes with a high licensing cost.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Guardium solves data security and compliance challenges by:
Protecting sensitive data through real-time monitoring and policy enforcement, reducing insider threats and breaches.
Ensuring regulatory compliance with automated audits and reporting, saving time and avoiding penalties.
Providing visibility across hybrid environments, improving risk management and operational efficiency.
Protecting sensitive data through real-time monitoring and policy enforcement, reducing insider threats and breaches.
Ensuring regulatory compliance with automated audits and reporting, saving time and avoiding penalties.
Providing visibility across hybrid environments, improving risk management and operational efficiency.
Utilities
Powerful Data Monitoring, But Complex to Configure
Reviewed on Dec 08, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
This tool offers continuous, in-depth monitoring and auditing of data access across on-premises, cloud, and big data environments. It leverages analytics, including machine learning and outlier detection, to immediately identify unusual behavior, SQL injection attempts, and possible data leaks.
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface and configuration are frequently considered complex, often demanding substantial training and expertise. Additionally, the high total cost of ownership, including considerable licensing and implementation fees, can make it less accessible to smaller businesses.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This tool streamlines compliance with regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS by automating the collection of evidence needed for audits, which significantly reduces manual work. It also enforces least-privilege access and protects sensitive data by using techniques like query rewriting, resulting in improved performance.
Roxana S.
Robust Security, Challenging Setup
Reviewed on Dec 05, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like IBM Guardium Data Protection, it's a great security platform for protecting my most sensitive information. I like the real-time visibility into sensitive data access, AI-driven threat detection, and the ability to monitor diverse environments from a single platform. It's valuable because it automates threat responses and improves operational efficiency, transforming reactive operations into a proactive and resilient strategy.
What do you dislike about the product?
The steep learning curve and complexity. It does have a high cost which doesn't help for small to mid-sized businesses.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Guardium Data Protection solves threat detection and improves data visibility. It automates threat responses and enhances operational efficiency, transforming reactive operations into a proactive strategy. I like the real-time visibility into data access and monitoring diverse environments.
Financial Services
Top-Notch Security and Ergonomics
Reviewed on Dec 05, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Security and ergonomy
Use experience plus prtection
Use experience plus prtection
What do you dislike about the product?
I have nothing to dislike about the ibm guardium product
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data govrnance and data protect
Muhd Nur Fadzlee B.
Reliable Data Protection with Clear Insights and Real-Time Monitoring
Reviewed on Dec 05, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about IBM Guardium Data Protection is how it gives a clear and easy way to see where sensitive data is and who is accessing it. I first learned about Guardium through IBM newsletters and later joined some tech update sessions, and that’s where I realized how useful it is for customers who really want to protect their data. The real-time monitoring and alerts are very helpful, and the platform feels reliable once everything is set up.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only downside for me is that the initial setup can feel a bit heavy, especially for teams new to data security tools. The interface works fine, but it does feel a little old-school compared to newer products. Other than that, once you get familiar with it, it runs well and does its job.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Guardium helps solve the problem of keeping track of sensitive data and making sure it’s protected properly. It makes it easier to detect unusual access, stay compliant with regulations, and reduce the risk of data exposure. For organizations that want better visibility and control over their data, Guardium really helps simplify the work.