December 1, 2009 (FinancialWire) — IBM (NYSE: IBM) said it has acquired Guardium, a firm engaged in real-time enterprise database monitoring and protection. Financial terms were not disclosed.

According to IBM, the acquisition of Guardium will enable IBM clients to maintain trusted information infrastructures by continuously monitoring access and activity to protect high-value databases against threats from legitimate users and potential hackers.

It will also help clients streamline compliance processes for industry and government mandates with centralized and automated controls for all major platforms, according to the firm.

IBM said it will integrate Guardium within IBM’s Information Management Software portfolio, which has more than 35,000 employees. This marks the 28th acquisition to support IBM’s Information Management strategy.

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