Practicality and simplicity: That’s what data security analysts want most from their data protection tools. That’s the essence we gleaned from the Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact (TEI) study commissioned by IBM for its IBM Security Guardium Data Protection product.
The TEI study focuses specifically on Guardium Data Protection, but its interviews with security professionals reveal common concerns that data security analysts (DSAs) face. As they stare down an ever more complex data landscape, here are five lessons about what DSAs want from their data protection tools.
Lesson 1: Visibility
You can’t protect what you can’t see. As the speed, volume and variety of data grow, visibility has become harder to realize. DSAs need improved insight into what data they have, where it resides and how to safeguard it. One way to achieve that visibility is to use tools that can discover, classify and catalog data assets, all from a single centralized dashboard. To cope with their data mix, DSAs need this capability applied to on-prem and cloud-based data since the assets they manage span both environment types. A modern data security strategy requires tools that work no matter where the data resides.
Lesson 2: Compatibility
DSAs need tools that work across their multiple database instances and seamlessly integrate with their other data protection tools. In the TEI study, one interviewee noted, “We can integrate IBM Security Guardium Data Protection with our o ..
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