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IBM Guardium Data Encryption

IBM Guardium Data Encryption is a family of data encryption and key management software with modular components managed centrally through CipherTrust Manager. It covers file and database encryption, cloud key management with bring-your-own-key support, tokenization, dynamic data masking and batch data transformation. It protects data in the cloud, on premises and in containerized environments, and works with hardware security modules.

IBM Guardium Data Encryption is an IBM product filed under Data Security Software. Lifecycle: versioned, 6 versions listed, latest 5.1.x (1 Sep 2023).

Source: IBM Guardium Data Encryption Software, retrieved 15 Oct 2026

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Release and support dates as published by IBM; dates within the next 12 months are highlighted, past dates dimmed. Retrieved 2026-10-14.

IBM Guardium Data Encryption 6 versions

Version	Released	End of sale	End of standard support	End of extended support	Source
5.1.xStandard (IBM policy code S)	1 Sep 2023	9 Jun 2026	31 Dec 2028	31 Dec 2028	[1]
5.0.xStandard (IBM policy code S)	25 May 2021	9 Jun 2026	31 Dec 2028	31 Dec 2028	[1]
4.0.xStandard (IBM policy code S)	6 Aug 2019	–	30 Jun 2024	30 Jun 2026	[1]
3.0.xStandard (IBM policy code S)	22 Sep 2017	–	30 Apr 2022	30 Apr 2024	[1]
2.0.xStandard (IBM policy code S)	14 Aug 2012	12 Dec 2017	30 Sep 2018	30 Sep 2020	[1]
1.1.xStandard (IBM policy code S)	14 Dec 2007	–	30 Sep 2014	30 Sep 2016	[1]

Lifecycle Policy

Standard. IBM provides defect and non-defect support for at least three years from general availability, with optional support extensions of at least two further years for an extra charge. [6]

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IBM Product Lifecycle List (CSV) retrieved 2026-10-13

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