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Imperva Web Application Firewall pros and cons

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Imperva Web Application Firewall Pros review quotes

OS
Sep 9, 2018
It has threat intelligence and we are using Incapsula. With threat intelligence, we can separate HTTP and HTTPS traffic. We can use Incapsula to send all the threat intelligence to the WAF.
reviewer2351487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
There are many features. There is ease of deployment. You can deploy the Imperva Web Application Firewall in two to three minutes. After that, you have to set the policies. For setting policies, you have toggle buttons. You can turn something on or off.
Abdullah Jin - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 9, 2024
It works right out of the box once you integrate the application.
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JohnTamakloe - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2019
There are some features that are configured by default, so even without doing much, it can still provide a level of protection.
FG
Apr 1, 2024
The WAF itself has been very valuable to me because it has such a complete range of features. Another reason why I like it is because it also takes care of the total overview of the traffic over the network.
KL
Sep 2, 2021
It has fewer false positives
reviewer1563954 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 6, 2021
The solution has been quite stable. I have not seen any bugs at all.
Roi-Nahari - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 27, 2019
Compared to other web application firewalls in the market, Imperva does things in the most accurate way.
SS
Jan 5, 2022
Configuration for different application sources is most valuable. We can segregate the traffic that an application is carrying and identify the sizing in Imperva.
Mitesh D Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 18, 2024
Imperva is a Gartner leader, so its scalability, performance, and features are excellent.
 

Imperva Web Application Firewall Cons review quotes

OS
Sep 9, 2018
There could be some limitations that from the converged infrastructure perspective: when you want to converge with everything and you want Imperva to get there easily because it's not a cloud component. For example, when you want to build servers and you're using OneView to manage your software-defined networks, implementing Imperva right away is not that simple. But if you're doing just a simple cloud infrastructure with servers in there, you're good to go. Also, we are not able, with Imperva, to block by signatures. Imperva by itself needs to be complemented with another service to do URL filtering.
reviewer2351487 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2024
The only disadvantage of Imperva is that it is a pretty costly solution.
Abdullah Jin - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 9, 2024
Support is one thing I wish Imperva could improve.
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JohnTamakloe - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 13, 2019
It would be helpful to have a "recommended deployment", or even a list of basic features that should either be used or turned on by default.
FG
Apr 1, 2024
They recently separated the WAF and the DAM management gateways in order for each of these to be managed from different areas, so I believe it now requires additional investments for what was previously a single complete solution.
KL
Sep 2, 2021
The support for the on-premises version needs improvement.
reviewer1563954 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 6, 2021
Sometimes our web application firewall will slow down.
Roi-Nahari - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 27, 2019
I think that better bot protection is needed in this solution.
SS
Jan 5, 2022
It should be more user-friendly. Like other web solutions, it would be helpful to be able to easily do policy configuration and identification inside the application. Understanding the in-depth configuration of a policy is somewhat difficult for an engineer, and they can improve that.
Mitesh D Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 18, 2024
There's always room for improvement. Occasionally, there might be false-positive alerts.