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Imperva

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

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

History

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.[14][15] In January 2020, Imperva named Pam Murphy as CEO.[16][17]

In July 2023, Imperva agreed to be acquired by the French multinational Thales Group for $3.6 billion.[18][19] The acquisition was completed on December 4, 2023.[20]

Acquisitions

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.[21] In February 2017, the company purchased Camouflage, a data masking company.[22]

In August 2018, Imperva acquired Prevoty, a runtime application self-protection (RASP) security company.[23] 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.[24]

Services

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.[25][26][27][28]

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References

  1. Assaf Gilead. Thales acquires cybersecurity co Imperva for $3.6b Globes, July 25, 2023^
  2. Oded Hermoni. Check Point founder returns to source to fund new venture Haaretz, June 8, 2003, retrieved 4 October 2016^
  3. John McIntosh. WebCohort secures the 'Enterprise Application Sphere' TechTarget, September 10, 2003, retrieved 4 October 2016^
  4. Matt Villano. WebCohort Changes Name to Imperva CRN, February 12, 2004, retrieved 4 October 2016^
  5. Imperva IPO goes high at $90M Silicon Valley Business Journal, retrieved 4 October 2016^
  6. Imperva Appoints Anthony J. Bettencourt As New President and CEO Imperva, retrieved 18 August 2014^
  7. Brady Dale. Three Whitehat Countermeasures to the Botnet Threat The New York Observer, November 29, 2016^
  8. Will Anderson. Austin cybersecurity software maker opens wallet for $40M buyout Austin Business Journal, 9 February 2017^
  9. BRIEF-Imperva names Christopher Hylen as president and CEO 10 August 2017^
  10. Elliott Associates 'Restarted' Information Security Company Imperva Calcalist, 27 February 2018, retrieved 24 May 2018^
  11. Libby Plummer. Google Chrome bug discovered that could let hackers access your private data mirror, 2018-08-16, 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. Michael Novinson. Imperva CEO Chris Hylen Steps Down In Wake Of Data Breach: Report CRN, 29 October 2019, retrieved 1 April 2026^
  15. Imperva CEO Chris Hylen Resigns CTECH, 2019-10-27, retrieved 2026-04-01^
  16. Michael Hill. Imperva Appoints Pam Murphy as New CEO Infosecurity Magazine, 2020-01-07, retrieved 2026-02-25^
  17. Michael Novinson. Imperva CEO Chris Hylen Steps Down In Wake Of Data Breach: Report CRN, 29 October 2019, retrieved 1 April 2026^
  18. Meir Orbach. Thales acquiring cybersecurity company Imperva for $3.6 billion CTech, 25 July 2023^
  19. Tim Hepher. France's Thales to buy Imperva in $3.6 billion cybersecurity deal Reuters, 25 July 2023, retrieved 3 March 2026^
  20. Kyle Alspach. Thales To Focus On Securing Apps, Data With Closing Of Imperva Acquisition CRN, 2023-12-04^
  21. Mike Lennon. Imperva Makes Three Acquisitions, Unveils New Cloud Strategy SecurityWeek.Com, 7 February 2014, retrieved 4 October 2016^
  22. Donovan Jones. Imperva Acquires Camouflage Software For Data Masking System Seeking Alpha, 9 February 2017^
  23. Imperva Completes the Acquisition of Prevoty MarketWatch, retrieved 2018-09-12^
  24. Charlie Osborne. Imperva acquires database security startup jSonar ZDNet, retrieved 2020-10-05^
  25. Staff. Secure your APIs from cyberattacks with Imperva API Security Globenet International, 15 July 2020^
  26. Silvia Fregoni. AI versus AI: Imperva fights threats using AI to analyze and predict security attacks Silicon Angle, 28 February 2020^
  27. Zack Whittaker. Imperva to acquire database security startup jSonar TechCrunch, October 1, 2020^
  28. Edward Roberts. Imperva Prevents Client-Side Attacks like Formjacking and Magecart Security Boulevard, 1 July 2020^