As digital transformation and migration to the cloud continues, so does the need for companies to enhance data security. In a complex data environment, data is widely used. This makes data security an even more urgent challenge. IBM Security® Guardium® is a family of data security software in the IBM Security portfolio that exposes vulnerabilities and protects sensitive on-premises and cloud data. It is a data security solution that can adapt to changes in the threat landscape, providing complete visibility, compliance and protection throughout the data security lifecycle.
Guardium is a modern, scalable data security platform that is ready to meet the demands of today's evolving environments to address security efforts.
- Discover shadow data, analyze motion and uncover vulnerabilities with DSPM.
- Monitor data activity and speed up auditing and reporting.
- Automate compliance enforcement and centralize data activity.
- Encrypt sensitive data in all states and across environments.
- Integrate discovery and classification of structured and unstructured data.
- Identify vulnerabilities in your data environments.
- Centralize and simplify encryption key management.
Advantages:
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Automate data discovery and classification - Businesses need to understand where their data is and whether it needs further protection. Guardium can discover, classify, and catalog regulated structured and unstructured data located on-premises and in the cloud to uncover vulnerabilities.
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Activity tracking and data protection - a fundamental challenge in data security is identifying who has access and what they can do. Businesses need to monitor real-time activity for on-premise and cloud data sources so critical data remains protected. Guardium protects data with encryption, key management, real-time alerts, dynamic redaction, suspicious ID quarantine, and more.
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Accelerate data compliance - diverse and frequently changing compliance requirements are a challenge. Guardium can accelerate compliance activities with a simplified technical environment and pre-built templates for regulations such as PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA and many others that automate compliance workflows. This enables faster reporting, more efficient processes, lower total cost of ownership and stronger compliance.
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Understanding risk and prioritizing investigations - security analysts can quickly become overwhelmed with non-priority threats. Guardium provides advanced analytics and risk assessment to identify unknown threats. By integrating with major security tools, it enables security analysts to prioritize and orchestrate responses across SOC and ticketing systems.