IBM Security Guardium

Data is everywhere, but security is not.  According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2022 report, the global average cost of a data breach is $4.35 million, up 13% in 2 years. Breaches at organizations with AI and automation tools cost $3.05M less than those without AI and automation deployed.​

To protect themselves from a breach, organizations must:

• Identify how critical data is accessed, where it is stored, and how
  best to protect it

• Uncover risk holistically, then create and enforce policies
• Protect data with zero-trust security while in motion and at rest
• Simplify the process of meeting compliance and privacy requirements
• Automate data protection and remediation

 IBM Security Guardium Insights protects data across the AWS Cloud or hybrid environments while creating a zero-trust security approach with centralized visibility and automated compliance. Get deep insights and understanding of your data risk across your entire data portfolio with advanced analytics and enable immediate action to keep you protected. Streamline your data security and compliance infrastructure and processes, enabling you to focus on increasing agility and response time to threats and business requirements, while supporting compliance needs. Easily scale and deploy in any environment while integrating with other IT and security tools into one platform with AWS. With IBM Security Guardium Insights, enhance visibility and protection in a zero-trust environment. 

For enterprises using AWS, IBM Security Guardium Insights integrates with 19 AWS native cloud services to allow for discovery and classification of data, agent-based monitoring, and streaming-based monitoring.

 The Total Economic Impact of IBM Security Guardium, October 2020 shows that IBM Security Guardium Insights provides the following cost savings and benefits:

• Reduces audit preparation time by 75% with automated compliance and reporting
• Decreases the threat of security breaches by 40% with centralized visibility and advanced analytics
• Saves database administrator time by up to 1,000 hours annually with automated processes

 One IBM customer, a large information technology and services provider, needed a reliable data security solution to gain more visibility into their hybrid cloud environment.  After selecting IBM Guardium Insights, they were able to deploy the software quickly and easily for advanced visibility, automated data audits, centralized access control, and rapid threat determination with comprehensive security analysis. The customer enjoyed a rapid return on investment with a considerable increase of security and visibility throughout their hybrid cloud infrastructure.

 We are happy to announce the launch of IBM Security Guardium Insights: a Data Security and Compliance Solution, the latest addition to the IBM Security listings available on the AWS Marketplace. IBM technology and services available on the AWS Marketplace allow AWS customers to simplify licensing, consolidate billing and to draw down on AWS enterprise discount programs when purchasing IBM software through the Marketplace. In addition, IBM Security empowers customers to easily migrate on-premises applications onto AWS by leveraging IBM Security Software BYOL listings on AWS Cloud. 

IBM is a Premier Tier Services partner with AWS and has competencies for Security Software, Security Services, and Level 1 MSSP. Together, IBM and AWS continue to deliver on the shared commitment of fostering client success; providing the guidance and resources necessary to securely migrate and modernize to AWS Cloud.

 Why AWS Marketplace?

AWS verifies details, reliability, authenticity, ethics, and security measures for all listings on their Marketplace. Through AWS user information, AWS controls the billing and payment options, giving AWS customers more flexible pricing options, and simplifies software licensing and procurement. Additionally, customers can initiate negotiations for private pricing offers through the AWS Marketplace, or simply deploy licenses purchased through IBM on AWS using the IBM Security software BYOL listings. 

 What's in it for IBM and AWS Clients? 

The tremendous growth of enterprises utilizing AWS to aid their cloud journey is driving those same organizations to demand the solutions they want to use, be available for purchase, and managed, via AWS Marketplace. According to Forrester’s Total Economic Impact Partner Opportunity Report for AWS, ‘the highest reported business outcome for ISV Partners via the survey was an increase in innovation (63%), followed closely by improved performance or security and compliance (52%), and expanded market size/client base (52%), along with increased top line revenue and shorter sales cycles (42%), lower cost of customer acquisition, higher conversion rate, and faster deployment times (40%), and lower churn rate (37%).