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Imperva

Imperva, Inc. is an American cyber security software and services company which provides protection to enterprise data and application software. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.

Imperva, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
NYSE: IMPV (2011–2019)
IndustryIT security
Founded2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Founders
Headquarters
San Mateo, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Pam Murphy (CEO)
ProductsSecurity software and services
OwnerThoma Bravo (2019–2023)
Number of employees
1,400 (2023)[1]
ParentThales Group (2023–present)
Websiteimperva.com

French multinational Thales Group acquired the company for approximately $3.6 billion from private equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2023.

History

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Imperva, originally named WebCohort, was founded in 2002 by Shlomo Kramer, Amichai Shulman and Mickey Boodaei.[2] The following year the company shipped its first product, SecureSphere Web Application Database Protection, a web application firewall.[3] In 2004, the company changed its name to Imperva.[4]

In 2011, Imperva went public and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: IMPV).[5] In August 2014, Imperva named Anthony Bettencourt as CEO.[6] In 2016, it published a free scanner designed to detect devices infected with, or vulnerable to the Mirai botnet.[7]

In February 2017, Imperva sold Skyfence to Forcepoint for $40 million.[8] In August 2017, the company named Chris Hylen, the former CEO of Citrix GetGo, as its new president and CEO.[9] Its former CEO, Anthony Bettencourt, resigned as chairman of the board of directors in February 2018.[10] In 2018, Imperva identified a bug in Google Chrome which had been allowing attackers to steal information via HTML tags for audio and video files.[11]

In 2019, Imperva was acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.[12] That same year, Imperva suffered a breach of its own when it notified customers that it learned about a security incident that exposed sensitive information for some users of Incapsula.[13] CEO Chris Hylen left in October 2019 and Thoma Bravo Chairman of the Board, Charles Goodman, became interim CEO. In January 2020, Imperva named Pam Murphy as CEO.[14]

In July 2023, Imperva agreed to be acquired by the French multinational Thales Group for $3.6 billion.[15] The acquisition was completed on December 4, 2023.[16]

Acquisitions

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In 2014, Imperva acquired the complete shares of Incapsula, a cloud application security startup named SkyFence, and real-time mainframe security auditing assets from Tomium Software.[17] In February 2017, the company purchased Camouflage, a data masking company.[18]

In August 2018, Imperva acquired Prevoty, a runtime application self-protection (RASP) security company.[19] In July 2019, it acquired Distil Networks for its bot management capabilities. In October 2020, Imperva acquired database security startup jSonar for an undisclosed amount.[20]

Services

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Imperva’s software stack contains products for both application and data security. It provides layered protection to ensure a company’s website located on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment. The application security software includes Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS Protection, Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP), API Security, bot management, Account Takeover (ATO) protection, attack analytics and application delivery; and the data security software includes Data Activity Monitoring (DAM), data risk analytics, data masking, discovery and assessment and file security.[21][22][23][24]

References

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  1. ^ Gilead, Assaf (July 25, 2023). "Thales acquires cybersecurity co Imperva for $3.6b". Globes.
  2. ^ Hermoni, Oded (June 8, 2003). "Check Point founder returns to source to fund new venture". Haaretz. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ McIntosh, John (September 10, 2003). "WebCohort secures the 'Enterprise Application Sphere'". TechTarget. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ^ Villano, Matt (February 12, 2004). "WebCohort Changes Name to Imperva". CRN. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Imperva IPO goes high at $90M". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Imperva Appoints Anthony J. Bettencourt As New President and CEO". Imperva. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. ^ Dale, Brady (November 29, 2016). "Three Whitehat Countermeasures to the Botnet Threat". The New York Observer.
  8. ^ Anderson, Will (9 February 2017). "Austin cybersecurity software maker opens wallet for $40M buyout". Austin Business Journal.
  9. ^ "BRIEF-Imperva names Christopher Hylen as president and CEO". Reuters. 10 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Elliott Associates 'Restarted' Information Security Company Imperva". Calcalist. 27 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  11. ^ Plummer, Libby (2018-08-16). "Google Chrome bug discovered that could let hackers access your private data". mirror. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  12. ^ "Thoma Bravo Announces the Acquisition of Imperva". Toolbox. January 11, 2019.
  13. ^ "Cybersecurity Firm Imperva Discloses Breach". KrebsOnSecurity. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  14. ^ "Imperva Names Pam Murphy as CEO". Imperva. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  15. ^ Meir Orbach (25 July 2023). "Thales acquiring cybersecurity company Imperva for $3.6 billion". CTech.
  16. ^ Alspach, Kyle (2023-12-04). "Thales To Focus On Securing Apps, Data With Closing Of Imperva Acquisition". CRN.
  17. ^ Lennon, Mike (7 February 2014). "Imperva Makes Three Acquisitions, Unveils New Cloud Strategy". SecurityWeek.Com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  18. ^ Jones, Donovan (9 February 2017). "Imperva Acquires Camouflage Software For Data Masking System". Seeking Alpha.
  19. ^ "Imperva Completes the Acquisition of Prevoty". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  20. ^ Osborne, Charlie. "Imperva acquires database security startup jSonar". ZDNet. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  21. ^ Staff (15 July 2020). "Secure your APIs from cyberattacks with Imperva API Security". Globenet International.
  22. ^ Fregoni, Silvia (28 February 2020). "AI versus AI: Imperva fights threats using AI to analyze and predict security attacks". Silicon Angle.
  23. ^ Whittaker, Zack (October 1, 2020). "Imperva to acquire database security startup jSonar". TechCrunch.
  24. ^ Roberts, Edward (1 July 2020). "Imperva Prevents Client-Side Attacks like Formjacking and Magecart". Security Boulevard.
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