IBM Guardium was named the overall leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Database Security The report focused on 10 vendors and selected overall leader based on a combined rating that accounts for the strength of products, the market presence and the innovation of vendors. The area of database security covers various security controls for the information itself stored and processed in database systems, underlying computing and network infrastructures. The report considered data encryption at rest and in transit, static and dynamic data masking, and other technologies for protecting data integrity and confidentiality.”]