<s>
Imperva	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cyber	O
security	O
software	O
and	O
services	O
company	O
which	O
provides	O
protection	O
to	O
enterprise	O
data	O
and	O
application	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imperva	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
named	O
WEBcohort	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2002	O
by	O
Shlomo	O
Kramer	O
,	O
Amichai	O
Shulman	O
and	O
Mickey	O
Boodaei	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
the	O
company	O
shipped	O
its	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
SecureSphere	O
Web	O
Application	O
Database	O
Protection	O
,	O
a	O
web	B-Protocol
application	I-Protocol
firewall	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Imperva	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
went	O
public	O
and	O
was	O
listed	O
on	O
the	O
New	O
York	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
(	O
NYSE	O
:	O
IMPV	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
named	O
Anthony	O
Bettencourt	O
as	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
it	O
published	O
a	O
free	O
scanner	O
designed	O
to	O
detect	O
devices	O
infected	O
with	O
,	O
or	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
the	O
Mirai	B-Language
botnet	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
sold	O
Skyfence	O
to	O
Forcepoint	O
for	O
$40	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
named	O
Chris	O
Hylen	O
,	O
the	O
former	O
CEO	O
of	O
Citrix	B-Application
GetGo	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
new	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
identified	O
a	O
bug	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
which	O
had	O
been	O
allowing	O
attackers	O
to	O
steal	O
information	O
via	O
HTML	O
tags	O
for	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
private	O
equity	O
firm	O
Thoma	O
Bravo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
suffered	O
a	O
breach	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
when	O
it	O
notified	O
customers	O
that	O
it	O
learned	O
about	O
a	O
security	O
incident	O
that	O
exposed	O
sensitive	O
information	O
for	O
some	O
users	O
of	O
Incapsula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
named	O
Pam	O
Murphy	O
as	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
acquired	O
the	O
complete	O
shares	O
of	O
Incapsula	O
,	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
application	O
security	O
startup	O
named	O
SkyFence	O
,	O
and	O
real-time	O
mainframe	O
security	O
auditing	O
assets	O
from	O
Tomium	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
purchased	O
Camouflage	O
,	O
a	O
data	B-General_Concept
masking	I-General_Concept
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
acquired	O
Prevoty	O
,	O
a	O
runtime	O
application	O
self-protection	O
(	O
RASP	O
)	O
security	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
it	O
acquired	O
Distil	O
Networks	O
for	O
its	O
bot	B-General_Concept
management	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
acquired	O
database	O
security	O
startup	O
jSonar	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imperva	B-Application
’s	O
software	B-Application
stack	I-Application
contains	O
products	O
for	O
both	O
application	O
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
layered	O
protection	O
to	O
ensure	O
a	O
company	O
’s	O
website	O
located	O
on-premises	B-General_Concept
,	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
,	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
hybrid	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
security	O
software	O
includes	O
Web	B-Protocol
Application	I-Protocol
Firewall	I-Protocol
(	O
WAF	O
)	O
,	O
DDoS	O
Protection	O
,	O
Runtime	O
Application	O
Self-Protection	O
(	O
RASP	O
)	O
,	O
API	B-Protocol
Security	I-Protocol
,	O
bot	B-General_Concept
management	O
,	O
Account	O
Takeover	O
(	O
ATO	O
)	O
protection	O
,	O
attack	O
analytics	O
and	O
application	O
delivery	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
software	O
includes	O
Data	O
Activity	O
Monitoring	O
(	O
DAM	O
)	O
,	O
data	O
risk	O
analytics	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
masking	I-General_Concept
,	O
discovery	O
and	O
assessment	O
and	O
file	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
received	O
the	O
Frost	O
&	O
Sullivan	O
Southeast	O
Asia	O
Web	O
Application	O
Market	O
Share	O
Leadership	O
Award	O
for	O
the	O
second	O
consecutive	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
won	O
ICSA	O
Labs’	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Information	O
Security	O
Testing	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
was	O
featured	O
in	O
CRN	O
’s	O
Security	O
100	O
list	O
,	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
coolest	O
Identity	O
Management	O
and	O
Data	O
Protection	O
Vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
WAF	O
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
customers	O
in	O
Gartner	O
’s	O
peer	O
insight	O
Customer	O
Choice	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
WAFs	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Imperva	B-Application
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
Frost	O
&	O
Sullivan	O
as	O
the	O
Asia-Pacific	O
WAF	O
Vendor	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
