Acquired by IBM
Industries DatabaseEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSecurityHeadquarters Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Closed Date Nov 2009 Founded Date 2002 Founders Lior Tal, Ron Bennatan Operating Status Closed Last Funding Type Series D
Company Type For Profit
Guardium, the database security company, delivers the most widely-used solution for preventing information leaks from the data center and ensuring the integrity of enterprise data.
The company's enterprise security platform is now installed in more than 450 data centers worldwide, including 5 of the top 5 banks; 3 of the top 5 insurers; top
government agencies; 2 of the top 3 retailers; 15 of the world's top telcos; 2 of the world's favorite beverage brands; the most recognized name in PCs; a top 3 auto maker; a top 3 aerospace company; and a leading supplier of business intelligence software.
Guardium has partnerships with Accenture, ArcSight, BMC, EMC/RSA, IBM, McAfee, Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase and Teradata, with Cisco as a strategic investor, and is a member of IBM's prestigious Data Governance Council and the PCI Security Standards Council.
Founded in 2002, Guardium was the first company to address the core data security gap by delivering a scalable, cross-DBMS enterprise platform that both protects databases in real-time and automates the entire compliance auditing process.
Transaction Name Guardium acquired by IBMAcquired by IBMAnnounced Date Nov 30, 2009 Price $225M