Overview
Identify threats and security gaps in databases
Identifying vulnerabilities in your data environments is key to understanding your data security posture. IBM Security® Guardium® Vulnerability Assessment scans data infrastructure such as databases, data warehouses, and big data environments — both on-premises and in the cloud — to detect vulnerabilities and suggest remedial actions based on benchmarks from STIG, CIS, CVE, and other configuration standards.
Guardium Vulnerability Assessment identifies security gaps in databases such as missing patches, weak passwords, unauthorized changes, misconfigured privileges, excessive administrative logins, unusual after-hours activity, and other behavioral vulnerabilities such as account sharing. It then provides full reports as well as actionable recommendations to address vulnerabilities to harden your database environments.
Guardium Vulnerability Assessment is delivered as a part of Guardium Data Protection, but can be implemented as a stand-alone offering that serves its own use case.
Why Guardium
Customers realize value quickly with the full set of Guardium features
9 of 9
categories show IBM Security Guardium as a “strong positive,” making it a Product Leader
4.7
trillion security events per month in 130+ countries monitored by IBM
401%
ROI reported by a customer with benefits of USD 5 million over three years
Features
Automate data protection for faster remediation and greater efficiency
Leverage best practices
Conduct in-depth tests based on criteria and benchmarks from STIG, CIS, plus other configuration standards, as well as support for SCAP. Harden your databases using hundreds of preconfigured tests according to best practices. Custom dashboard reports and drill-down capabilities are available for each major test. Automatic updates from the IBM Vulnerability Assessment R&D team identify the latest vulnerabilities.
Uncover vulnerabilities
Scan your entire database infrastructure for vulnerabilities to identify security risks and schedule platform-specific tests that detect insecure configurations for the specific database being assessed. IBM Security Guardium Vulnerability Assessment is designed to provide detailed reports for more than 2,000 pre-defined and custom exposure tests.
Compliance management
Evaluate and document your database security to help assess, escalate, and remediate risks. Produce detailed reports and supporting data. Provide a summary security evaluation, which includes weighted metrics and recommended remedial action plans to strengthen security. Automatically schedule assessments and manage report distribution, sign-offs, and escalations. Integration with ServiceNow enables users to directly address failed vulnerability scan results.
Comprehensive enterprise support
Support leading database platforms and all major operating systems, including big data environments. Guardium Vulnerability Assessment is equipped to scale from one data source to tens of thousands without disrupting operations across multiple data centers or geographical locations. This scalable platform helps protect and secure your data repositories and address regulatory compliance with audits and exception management.
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