Have you heard about IBM InfoSphere Guardium or Guardium product as it is usually called? If not, read below a brief description of what this product can do to protect your database access with a powerful product. Or, if you have heard or have experience using the product, please share your experiences.

What is IBM InfoSphere Guardium:
It is a product that can be a combination of dedicated hardware (appliance) and software or just software (a virtual appliance plus additional software) . It provides a solution for assuring the privacy and integrity of trusted information in your data center. It allows you to setup  different and heterogeneous database systems to be audited by setting up the level of access that you want to monitor. It also offers the capability to run reports and send notifications under certain conditions.

And all this occur in real time, from inding and classifying sensitive data (Find and Classify), to asses vulnerabilities and auditing (Asses and Harden), to monitor and enforce access with real-time alert and notifications (Monitor and Enforce) as well as with reporting capabilities (Audit and Report) all of this with an automated centralized control.

Read more detailed description of these facts in the IBM InfoSphere Guardium 8 DataSheet at:

ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/imd14286caen/IMD14286CAEN.PDF

or in the product's main page at:

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/guardium/