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Imperva Application Security Platform Primary Use Case

reviewer1247523 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Sales Services Department at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Usually, I work with web DDoS Protection on the website.

DDoS protection of web requests on the website is the most common use case.

Companies that are working through the site, selling through the site, and so forth.

The most valuable feature of Imperva DDoS is to make our website available for our customers' requests 24 hours a day. This feature may be the most interesting for the financial sector, for banks.

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reviewer2541525 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Cyber Prevent and Defense Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are primarily a customer for Firewall. We're also moving into the managed security space, but we are primarily a customer here. 

So, it is primarily used for web application firewalls. Protecting web applications against application-layer attacks. There is advanced bot protection and DDoS Protection. 

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Bhupesh-Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Large account Manager at Softcell Technologies Limited

We use Imperva DDoS protection to safeguard our network from multiple attacks. It is especially useful to protect websites or applications by redirecting traffic to eliminate threats.

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Bhupesh-Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Large account Manager at Softcell Technologies Limited

The solution functions just like a firewall, but it operates in the cloud. It is designed to protect web applications and environments hosted on the cloud. 

It helps protect applications from DDoS attacks and other types of attacks. I handle a wide range of business requirements with it.

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reviewer2756250 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Software Engineer III at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I prefer not to do a review for EDR since it is a new product that I am using. Instead, I would like to review other products I have worked with before, such as Imperva products, Imperva Web Application Firewall, or Imperva DAM.

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Mitesh D Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant- Cyber Security at Ivalue Infosolution

The Imperva Web Application Firewall secures our web application externally. It filters traffic, allowing legitimate requests to reach our application while blocking malicious traffic.

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reviewer2351487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant - Presales at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I am the administrator of the Web Application Firewall. I manage all the web applications and security regarding it. Some of the main use cases are related to OWASP Top 10 and bot attacks.

We are a distributor of all types of cybersecurity products. We handle more than 170 OEMs, and Imperva Web Application Firewall is one of them.

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reviewer2398995 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DevOps Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

My use case involved handling specific web applications for our operations team.

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reviewer2586675 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Consultant at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are a premier partner with Imperva. We usually recommend Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) more because our customers sometimes get a better deal, and many already have Imperva solutions on-premises. We help them move to the cloud and other related tasks.

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reviewer2584497 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Information Technology Network Security at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

We use Imperva for our web applications that we have hosted to protect them.

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RullySaputra - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at Truvisor

I handled web application and database monitoring, including some DDoS work. I implemented Imperva for a top-five bank in Indonesia, monitoring their service and database activity.

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FG
Director, Information System Security at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

At my previous workplace in the banking sector, we used Imperva WAF for the monitoring of our internet banking traffic, and we also used Imperva's DAM for the database activity monitoring.

Our deployment of Imperva WAF was situated on-premises and it was in use throughout the whole organization, which included around 3,500 clients.

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RiaanDu Preez - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cyber Security Specialist Architect at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees

I use the solution in my company because one of our clients needs a tool that offers functionalities in areas like bot management and DDoS protection against attacks while specifically being able to manage attacks against their public servers by bots and against scraping. DDoS is useful for dealing with too many queries against a single entity since it can cause a business to lose revenue because the company cannot access its site.

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EG
IT Security Analyst at Banco de Fomento Angola

We mostly use it for protecting web applications from online threats like DDoS attacks.

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PreethamSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Cloud Architect at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We use the solution to protect applications.

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TF
CTO at Klaatu IT Security Ltd

They provide end-to-end data security, so everything to do with applications, APIs, et cetera.

We've got a Telco client, and they'll be partnering with us to use the DDoS solution with their clients.

It's primarily for DDoS attacks. It's looking at anything that's trying to remove the ability of the company to operate, usually volumetric, however, since it's got a three-second SLA, it's better than the competition.

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Fairuz Zazli - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Client Service Manager at Nexagate Sdn Bhd

We primarily use the solution as a firewall.

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reviewer1281888 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Senior Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees

All our web services go to the Incapsula cloud application environment for monitoring on the production service.

All the web application protection is under Incapsula because they provide the WAF protection services. Our web services are registered under their cloud environment so all our customers visit our web services. All the web services are under the web application firewall protector.

I think it's from their own cloud solution. I don't think the cloud solution is from Amazon because the IP address does not belong to Amazon. It belonged to Incapsula themselves, so their solution is under their own network cloud environment. Our own data center environment is using the Incapsula cloud service. I think it's a hybrid cloud to include all the private and the public services.

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AD
Global Network and Cyber Security Project Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We use the latest version with all the functionality, not only WAF. Additionally, we use all the security capability that is possible to enable on Imperva including device security tools like API security.

We use this solution to protect the website for the company.

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reviewer1358583 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Security Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Our primary use case is for protection of all our web applications.

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reviewer2159601 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager- Secure Web Defense- Perimeter Security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We use Imperva DDoS for DDoS protection and security.

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Kevin Juma - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Operations Manager, Global IT at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Our primary use case for the solution is securing our applications and customer-facing website.

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Sonny Bernard - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Consultant at FPG Technologies and Solutions LTD

We are using Imperva Web Application Firewall to monitor databases.

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Anuraj Nair - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Engineer at SNSIN

Imperva Web Application Firewall is used for protecting web applications.

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BI
Sales Executive at EVVO LABS

Previously I was in software development for more than 15 years. I had developed web applications for internet and cable TV companies. Now, I am a sales executive for Imperva Cloud WAF. 

Imperva Cloud WAF, previously Imperva Incapsula, is a web application firewall that is implemented in the cloud. It protects a public facing web application. It will track if a hacker is doing brute force attack. The web application firewall will detect it and block the source. This could be an IP address or the main name specific for a country. You can then update the profile of your server to block those IP addresses where the attack is coming from .

We have placed Imperva Cloud in our client's employee self service system that they are logged into. The website is protected by Imperva so that employees and customers can log in all over the Philippines. The client is a power generation company, which is a critical service, and has branches all over the Philippines.

We partner with a couple of on-premise data centers in the Philippines, one is PIM. They also provide cloud solutions. We bundle our solutions into their cloud projects.

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SS
GA Consultant Cyber Security at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We have an Akamai cloud-based solution for it. We have an in-house customer, and they have their own Akamai cloud for WAF. As a solution provider, we are working with their private Akamai WAF. 

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reviewer997737 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solutions Senior Manager at a media company with 501-1,000 employees

We use this product as our Web Application Firewall. It provides web-based protection for us. Our requirements are not very complex.

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reviewer1581819 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a security firm with 51-200 employees

We offer implementation services for our customers.

Most customers use Imperva Incapsula to protect themselves from WAF attacks. If they need an application load balancing, whether it is on a single data center or if they have a B2B extension. Also, if they need protection from the bots. Imperva has all of those functionalities.

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VE
Director at IT Big Bang

The company uses this solution to protect us from any potential attacks. We are customers of Imperva and I'm the company director. 

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reviewer1538052 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Technique at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Our primary use case is DDoS protection. We are using it to protect access to internet sites. It is a SaaS solution, so everybody has the latest version. 

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reviewer1529571 - PeerSpot reviewer
Acquisitions Leader at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

We are using this solution for backing up all of our day-to-day use data and the ability to restore it when we want. For example, when there is a catastrophe or disaster.

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reviewer1499046 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Global IT Security at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We primarily use the solution for all our corporate websites for port 80 and 443 redirect and protecting all the web pages that we have in our environment.

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EW
CDN & Cybersecurity Engineer - Web performance & security at CDN Tech / Ecritel

We use it to protect websites against application threats and DDoS attacks. Because it is a cloud solution, we always have the last version. I don't need to update or upgrade. 

We are a partner of Imperva. Imperva doesn't sell directly to customers, so they have to pass through vendors and partners like us. All of my customers have different levels of services with Imperva.

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reviewer1358583 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Security Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

We are using it as an application-delivery platform for our entire organization.  

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Data analyst at Kyivstar

I use the service for protection due to the fact that it has profile functionality.

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IOANNIS  Katsaounis - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Uni Systems

The tool helps us to meet security requirements. 

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reviewer1946217 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is used to detect and block application attacks on the internet perimeter. We integrate the solution with SOAR and Phantom to automate our playbook and block URLs.

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Akhilesh Mishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at M.Tech

Imperva Web Application Firewall is used for customers who are looking to secure their multiple applications and want to block the threats, such as DDoS and ransomware attacks. Imperva Web Application Firewall delivers three main things, data security, data availability, and access control. For data security, it prevents malware and malicious threats. For the data availability, by preventing threats, such as malware, data can be available each and every time. You are able to have Access control, you have the ability to control the access.

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reviewer1484703 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We use it for protection. For example, for one of our banking clients, we use it to protect their mobile and website applications.

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TA
Chief Information Security Consultant at V-Tech

We are an implementer for clients within the financial services looking to protect their internet, mobile devices, etc.

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LR
Support Manager at Sefisa

Our customers have a number of use cases for Imperva Incapsula. Some use it to protect their APIs and others for its DDoS features. 

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KL
Team Lead Senior Technical Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I am a distributor for Imperva. We provide solutions for our customers. 

This solution is mainly used to protect websites. When it is deployed on the cloud it is used for traffic redirection and URL redirection functionality.

It is also used for dual location blocking and security for the policies that are being applied.

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reviewer1597650 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineering at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

My experience is to integrate this application. It's a firewall. You must connect it with the traffic the infrastructure must be routed through this firewall in order to block and search for any problems with the applications.

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it_user1563954 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We primarily use the solution for database security.

Basically, the solution is a web application firewall that is used to protect against multiple types of attacks online. It is used for web attacks - mostly DDoS attacks, cross-site scripting attacks, or SQL injection attacks. 

There is also multiple HTTP protocol compliance. If there is any violation it will be detected by this application. It is used for detecting an illegal file type, illegal URL, or bots. 

The solution can prevent a geolocation attack also. If any application is not allowed from certain countries, it will not allow access. We can detect everything via the web application firewall. 

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reviewer1407915 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information System Security Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

We are using this solution for web application firewall protection for the website and web application. I'm a user of this product and work as an information systems security manager. 

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reviewer1262313 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

We are using the solution as a WAF. Beyond that, I can't divulge too much information about the details surrounding how we use the solution as part of a confidentiality agreement we're under with clients.

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Mustapha - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at a agriculture with 11-50 employees

We are a solution provider and Imperva is one of the products that we implement for our clients. They use it as an application firewall.

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SA
Manager - IT Security at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Incapsula was acquired by Imperva. We had a need to provide a solution for our clients and the Incapsula solution and Cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) allowed us to have people subscribe to Incapsula as a service. It was easy to work with because we would just put in the hostname and the IP address of the websites in Incapsula's DNS. When the DNS is resolved it first passes through Incapsula and makes a stops in the Cloud WAF before it sends the website itself.  

Customers can trust it because the traffic going to the customer passes through Incapsula's cloud service. So if there is an attack, the website and the visitors are protected because it will take care of such issues and it eliminates the bad traffic. Both ends are taken care of so the website is protected from hackers because it first goes through the Incapsula Cloud WAF. That is the basic high-level architecture of how the Incapsula works.  

We distributors of Imperva in Africa. I am responsible for our business presence in Eastern and Western Africa. I am fixed locally here in Nigeria. Being distributors, we have a pretty good idea of how the market is in general and how the products are used. All the partners who implement it and who resell sell it, buy it from us and deploy for customer accounts. We cover a high percentage of the financial service industry here in Nigeria.  

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DS
Security Expert at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Primarily, clients are in need of some extra defense and a bit of protection, which is why they use this solution.

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Roi-Nahari - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at CyberApp

For some time now, I have been the CTO of a consulting company and our main issue is web application security. We also handle database security.

This is one of the solutions that we implement for our clients.

The primary use of this solution is the protection of applications.

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MS
Director Of Hosting Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We mainly use this solution as a web application firewall. We have CMS systems in our portfolio, which our customers use, and the full information portraits are running on our infrastructure and in our CMS product. We, therefore, use this solution mainly for protection and to improve performance.

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JS
Senior Systems Engineer - Channel Manager at Exclusive GRP

The solution increases the amount of protection for a client's products and solutions in their country.

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AJ
Technical Sales Director at Revere Technologies

The primary use is the protection of our environment and client environments from intrusion and malicious attacks.

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JohnTamakloe - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at ostec

This is one of the solutions that we provide to our customers.

We use this solution for application-level security, above layer four protection where the firewall cannot reach.

I have worked with both on-premises and cloud deployments.

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GO
Manager, IS Security & Infrastructure at Fintech Kenya Limited

We are a reseller and integration partner, and we have customers who are using this solution in on-premises deployments.

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NV
Specialist Engineer at Entel Networks S.A

The primary use was to cover the database. Imperva we recognized on the market as the best solution for techs on databases. The banks here in Chile always ask for these types of solutions.

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OS
Information Security Advisor, CISO & CIO, Docutek Services at Docutek Services

Our primary use case is to protect our cloud production environment.

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it_user817755 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The first use case was due to the need to protect DDoS attacks as well as protection for SQL injection. The existing application was no longer supported, and to prevent further attacks from occurring, WAF Imperva was applied. The rollout was very fast due to the need for DNS notes only.

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it_user818130 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We use Incapsula as a firewall on our website which can block any suspicious attempts from the outside of the company. For example, if someone is trying to hack our website or put malware on it, it blocks them.

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RiaanDu Preez - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cyber Security Specialist Architect at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees

The solution is being used for communication.

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SL
Associate Engineer - Network & Security at Connex Information Technologies

Imperva Incapsula is used for web applications. 

Our customers required the security of their web applications. We were asked to install this solution for their web solutions based on their throughputs and requirements.

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reviewer2308284 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is used by SMBs and enterprises that have a lot of websites that they need to protect.

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EM
Senior Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use the solution for traffic inspection. 

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Buyer's Guide
Imperva Application Security Platform
September 2025
Learn what your peers think about Imperva Application Security Platform. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: September 2025.
867,676 professionals have used our research since 2012.