14 DAY TRIAL // Enterprise security solutions provider Imperva will acquire Skyfence, a cloud security startup, and the remaining shares of Incapsula. In addition, the company has announced the release of a new product, namely the SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The acquisitions and the release of the new product are part of Imperva’s plans to enhance its data center security solutions.
“Our acquisition strategy for Skyfence and Incapsula are very similar. We seeded Incapsula four years ago because we recognized that cloud delivery would change the web application security landscape,” commented Shlomo Kramer, CEO of Imperva.
“In the case of Skyfence, we believe that Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery models for internally facing corporate applications will substantially change the landscape for data center security and compliance. We are investing in this space early to put us in the best position possible to help new and existing customers.”
Skyfence’s solutions are designed to protect internal enterprise applications that are exposed to cyberattacks because of the fact that they can be accessed from the Web.
By using proprietary network analysis and Dynamic User Fingerprinting technology, the company’s products can detect both external and internal threats.
Incapsula, on the other hand, offers DDOS protection, load balancing, failover solutions and security for websites and web applications.
The new SecureSphere WAF for AWS is similar to what Incapsula offers, but it’s designed for organizations that want to move their customer-facing applications to AWS.
“For some time now, we’ve seen our customers take advantage of cloud-based services to reduce costs and increase flexibility. However, moving applications and data off-premise causes new and very significant risk exposure for organizations,” said Mark Kraynak, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Imperva.
“The strategy we are unveiling today comprehensively addresses the dangerous security gaps raised by the move to the cloud.”
Update. Imperva has also acquired real-time mainframe security auditing agents from Tomium Software.