Imperva Named a Leader in Forrester Wave: Web Application Firewall Solutions

Forrester’s recognition of Imperva’s Cloud Web Application Firewall (Cloud WAF) reflects Imperva company’s strategic focus, advanced capabilities, and exceptional customer feedback.

Why Choose an Analyst-Recognised Imperva WAF?

• Recognized as a Leader in Web Application Firewalls: Following our acquisition by Thales in late 2023, Imperva has maintained its branding and remained committed to evolving its application security portfolio. The Cloud WAF, a cornerstone of this portfolio, integrates seamlessly with complementary solutions like bot management, API security, DDoS protection, and client-side protection, forming a unified application security platform that addresses modern challenges.
• Innovation at the Core: Imperva excels in its strategy of continuous innovation as noted by Forrester with the highest possible scores in Innovation, Roadmap, and Adoption within the Strategy category. The newest launch of Elastic WAF marks a step forward for cloud-native architectures, providing heightened support for Kubernetes environments and other dynamic workloads.
• Enhanced Security and Adaptability: Imperva WAF delivers near-zero false positives through intelligent, automated policy creation and rapid rule updates. Layer 7 DDoS capabilities boast adaptive protection and detailed, out-of-the-box reports that simplify understanding and managing threats. The ability to scale protection across hybrid and cloud-native environments ensures organisations can safeguard their applications wherever they’re deployed.
• Customer-First Design: According to the Forrester report, “customers praised the quality of detection” when sharing their feedback. With Imperva’s Attack Analytics, we empower security analysts by correlating thousands of security events into actionable insights, enabling fast responses and reducing alert fatigue.

Key Differentiators of Imperva Cloud WAF:

• Imperva Cloud WAF stands out as a SaaS-based, enterprise-class solution designed to mitigate risks with precision.
• Since 2002, Imperva’s Threat Research team has been working tirelessly to detect and predict emerging threats in an effort to make Imperva’s products more efficient and secure. Providing comprehensive defence against OWASP Top 10 threats, SQL injection, XSS, and more.
• Out-of-the-box deployment in blocking mode with minimal tuning allows over 94% of customers to enable blocking mode, confident in the solution’s accuracy.
• Machine learning and adaptive threat detection ensure protection evolves with the security landscape.
• Support for flexible deployment models—including public cloud, private cloud, hybrid, and on-premises—makes it suitable for diverse architecture types.
• Imperva compliance with major regulations such as GDPR, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 ensures businesses meet critical standards while protecting sensitive customer data.

For organisations seeking top-tier protection as part of a broader application security stack, Imperva Cloud WAF remains the ultimate choice.

Imperva is the leader in end-to-end digital security, dedicated to helping organizations protect their data and all paths to it. Customers around the world trust Imperva to protect their applications, data, and websites from cyber-attacks.

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