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Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto Networks vs Imperva Web Application Firewall comparison

 

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Cortex Cloud by Palo Alto N...
Average Rating
0.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.7
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (69th), Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) (28th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (35th), Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) (25th), Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) (24th), Software Supply Chain Security (37th), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (15th), Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) (20th), Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) (11th)
Imperva Web Application Fir...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Web Application Firewall (WAF) (7th)
 

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Mitesh D Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Effectively defends against threats like cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and others
It does bring value. For example, consider a BFSI customer. Their application is critical and represents their brand. Without a WAF, an attack could take their application down, harming their reputation. It leads to hampering the customer's workflow. With an Imperva WAF, they protect against attacks like DDoS or SQL injection, ensuring their application remains available and customers are happy. That's the main benefit for both the customer and the organization. The impact depends on the customer's use case. If their business primarily operates online, a CDN is beneficial for traffic optimization. Moreover, the integration options depend on the specific use case of our customers. Generally, integration capabilities are good with SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) parts.
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Top Industries

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Performing Arts
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Small Business27
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise19
 

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For ADC, any ADC can do a good job. But in case if you want to add WAF functionality to the same ADC hardware you have to look for other ADC's like F5, Imperva, Radware, Fortinet, etc.
DDoS solutions: Any other solutions to consider aside from Radware DDoS Protection Service and F5 Silverline DDoS Protection?
You can have a look to Imperva Cloud WAF, the anti-DDoS mitigation is under 1s and works very well. I observed a lot of DDoS attacks that were well managed (even not seen by the customer) by Imperv...
 

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