Imperva

Imperva Inc.
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: IMPV
Russell 2000 Component
Industry IT security
Founded 2002
Headquarters Redwood Shores, CA, United States
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Chris Hylen (CEO)
Products Security Software and Services
Revenue Increase $321.7 million (2017)
Decrease -$13.7 million (2017)
Increase $22.9 million (2017)
Total assets Increase $515.68 million (2017)
Number of employees
 1000+ (Nov 2017)
Website www.imperva.com

Imperva is a cyber security software and services company which provides protection to enterprise data and application software. The company is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California.

History

Imperva, originally named WEBcohort, was founded in 2002 by Shlomo Kramer, Amichai Shulman and Mickey Boodaei.[1] The following year the company shipped its first product, SecureSphere Web Application Database Protection, a web application firewall.[2]In 2004, the company changed its name to Imperva.[3]

In 2011 Imperva went public and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: IMPV).[4] In 2014 the company acquired the remaining shares of Incapsula, a cloud security gateway startup named SkyFence, and real-time mainframe security auditing agents from Tomium Software.[5]

In 2016, Imperva published a free scanner designed to detect devices infected with, or vulnerable to, the Mirai botnet.[6] In February 2017, Imperva sold Skyfence to Forcepoint for $40 million.[7] In February 2017, Imperva purchased Camouflage, a data masking company. [8]

In August 2017, Imperva named Chris Hylen, the former CEO of Citrix GetGo, as its new president and CEO.[9] Imperva's former CEO, Anthony Bettencourt, resigned as chairman of the board of directors in February 2018.[10] In August 2018, Imperva acquired Prevoty, a runtime application self-protection (RASP) security company.[11] Also in 2018, Imperva identified a bug in the popular web browser Google Chrome which had been allowing attackers to steal information via HTML tags for audio and video files.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Check Point founder returns to source to fund new venture". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ↑ McIntosh, John (September 10, 2003). "WebCohort secures the 'Enterprise Application Sphere'". TechTarget. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Villano, Matt (February 12, 2004). "WebCohort Changes Name to Imperva". CRN. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Imperva IPO goes high at $90M". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Lennon, Mike. "Imperva Makes Three Acquisitions, Unveils New Cloud Strategy". SecurityWeek.Com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Dale, Brady (November 29, 2016). "Three Whitehat Countermeasures to the Botnet Threat". The New York Observer.
  7. ↑ Anderson, Will (9 February 2017). "Austin cybersecurity software maker opens wallet for $40M buyout". Austin Business Journal.
  8. ↑ https://seekingalpha.com/article/4044343-imperva-acquires-camouflage-software-data-masking-system
  9. ↑ "BRIEF-Imperva names Christopher Hylen as president and CEO". Reuters. 10 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Elliott Associates 'Restarted' Information Security Company Imperva". Calcalist. 27 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Imperva Completes the Acquisition of Prevoty". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  12. ↑ Plummer, Libby (2018-08-16). "Google Chrome bug discovered that could let hackers access your private data". mirror. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
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