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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| NYSE: IMPV (2011–2019) | |
| Industry | IT security |
| Founded | 2002; 24 years ago (2002) |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Pam Murphy (CEO) |
| Products | Security software and services |
| Owner | Thoma Bravo (2019–2023) |
Number of employees | 1,400 (2023)[1] |
| Parent | Thales Group (2023–present) |
| Website | imperva |
Imperva, Inc. was an Americancyber security software and services company which provided protection to enterprise data and application software. The company is headquartered inSan Mateo, California.
French multinationalThales Group acquired the company for approximately $3.6 billion from private equity firmThoma Bravo in 2023.
Imperva, originally namedWebCohort, was founded in 2002 byShlomo Kramer, Amichai Shulman and Mickey Boodaei.[2] The following year the company shipped its first product, SecureSphere Web Application Database Protection, aweb application firewall.[3] In 2004, the company changed its name to Imperva.[4]
In 2011, Imperva went public and was listed on theNew 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 theMiraibotnet.[7]
In February 2017, Imperva sold Skyfence toForcepoint for $40 million.[8] In August 2017, the company named Chris Hylen, the former CEO ofCitrix 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 inGoogle 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 firmThoma 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 multinationalThales Group for $3.6 billion.[15] The acquisition was completed on December 4, 2023.[16]
In 2014, Imperva acquired the complete shares ofIncapsula, 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, aruntime 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]
Imperva’ssoftware stack contains products for bothapplication anddata security. It provides layered protection to ensure a company’s website locatedon-premises, in thecloud, or in a hybrid environment. The application security software includesWeb 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]
