Factual Product Summary
Imperva Web Application Firewall from Imperva focuses on web application request filtering and attack protection. It is web application protection technology used for applying security rules to application requests. Capabilities - Web request filtering: Applies protection rules to requests reaching the web applications covered by the deployment. - OWASP attack coverage: Targets application attack classes referenced in the product's protection documentation. - Bot traffic controls: Adds controls for automated traffic that can create application abuse or availability problems. - API traffic protection: Brings API traffic into the application protection scope where included in the selected offering. - Behavior-based analysis: Uses behavioral context in addition to straightforward signature matching. - DDoS mitigation integration: Can be evaluated within the vendor's documented application availability and attack mitigation scope. Use and operational context Imperva's WAF entry addresses protection of web request paths. Assess the application's traffic pattern and deployment architecture, then evaluate rule configuration, false-positive investigation and the policy outcome for requests that resemble known application attacks. Deployment and evaluation Deployment: Cloud service / SaaS. Before adoption, review application onboarding, rule tuning, false-positive handling and behavior under representative legitimate traffic. Assign an owner for administration, document required permissions and identify how the product or service will fit the existing operating process. Buyer questions - What is the main purpose? Imperva Web Application Firewall focuses on applying security rules to application requests. - What should a proof of concept establish? Test the listed capabilities against representative assets and workflows, record useful results and unresolved gaps, and confirm who handles follow-up work. - What should be confirmed before purchase? Ask the vendor which edition or service scope includes the required features, which dependencies must be configured and what licensing or contract terms apply. Pricing has not been verified for this catalog.
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Deployment & Specifications
- Deployment Models
- Cloud service / SaaS
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About the Vendor
Imperva offers a portfolio covering understanding and protecting application interfaces, understanding sensitive information and controlling its exposure, protecting availability during malicious traffic floods and applying security rules to application requests. The entries in this catalog include Imperva API Security, Imperva Data Security, Imperva DDoS Protection and Imperva Web Application Firewall. Imperva API Security focuses on api discovery and risk assessment. Imperva Data Security focuses on database monitoring and data risk protection. Imperva DDoS Protection focuses on network and application attack mitigation. When reviewing Imperva, compare the named products individually: a platform family, a specific module and a managed service can have different scopes and purchasing requirements. Selection should account for API discovery coverage, traffic collection, authentication context and the enforcement model for live applications. Portfolio detail - Imperva API Security: the catalog lists API inventory and discovery, API behavior analysis, API posture assessment. - Imperva Data Security: the catalog lists Sensitive data discovery, Data classification, Data security posture assessment. - Imperva DDoS Protection: the catalog lists DDoS attack detection, Traffic scrubbing, Network-layer protection. - Imperva Web Application Firewall: the catalog lists Web request filtering, OWASP attack coverage, Bot traffic controls. For procurement, map each required capability to a named offering and confirm the edition, dependencies and delivery responsibility with the vendor. Product-level entries below provide the operational context and evaluation questions for that comparison.