improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . january 2012 this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message imperva inc. type public traded as nyse impv industry it security founded 2002 headquarters redwood shores ca united states area served worldwide key people anthony bettencourt ceo products data security web application security database security file security sharepoint security ddos protection breach prevention cloud security revenue 234.29 million 2015 operating income 47.7 million 2015 total equity 240.3 million 2015 number of employees 1000 june 2016 website www.imperva.com imperva provides cyber security software and services to protect companies sensitive data and application software from both external attacks and internal threats and to ensure regulatory compliance . headquartered in redwood shores california imperva has more than 4 500 customers and 500 partners in over 90 countries . 1 contents 1 history 2 data security products 3 adc 4 references 5 external links history edit imperva originally named webcohort was founded in 2002 by shlomo kramer amichai shulman and mickey boodaei . 2 the following year the company shipped its first product securesphere web application database protection a web application firewall . 3 in 2004 the company changed its name to imperva . 4 in 2010 the company introduced the imperva securesphere file security product family to help mitigate insider threats . 5 in 2011 imperva went public and was listed on the new york stock exchange nyse impv . 6 that year it also introduced a cloud web application firewall for the mid market called impervacloud powered by incapsula 7 a startup seeded by imperva . in 2013 imperva announced threatradar community defense a crowd sourced threat intelligence service . 8 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 . 9 later that year anthony bettencourt replaced shlomo kramer as the president and ceo and the following year he replaced kramer as the chairman of the board of directors . 10 in 2015 the company announced imperva counterbreach a solution that protects enterprise data from theft and loss by insiders . 11 in 2016 the company introduced a data masking solution called imperva camouflage . 12 data security products edit imperva currently sells securesphere an appliance and has three main components web application firewalls database activity monitoring and file activity monitoring . 13 adc edit imperva has a dedicated research team the application defense center adc that actively researches current threats and hacker trends . notably the adc launched a hacker intelligence initiative that has helped illuminate hacker activity and organization . contributions passwords 14 anatomy of sql injections 15 search engine poisoning 16 operation payback 17 lulzsec 18 automated web attacks 19 references edit about imperva data and application security leader . retrieved 4 october 2016 . check point founder returns to source to fund new venture . retrieved 4 october 2016 . webcohort secures the enterprise application sphere . retrieved 4 october 2016 . villano matt . webcohort changes name to imperva . retrieved 4 october 2016 . inc. imperva . imperva introduces file security family to help mitigate insider threats . retrieved 4 october 2016 . imperva ipo goes high at 90m silicon valley business journal . retrieved 4 october 2016 . imperva cloud service takes strain of ddos attacks techweekeurope uk . 7 september 2011 . retrieved 4 october 2016 . http coresight.com.au imperva imperva incorporates crowd sourcing to web application firewall imperva makes three acquisitions unveils new cloud strategy securityweek.com . retrieved 4 october 2016 . anthony j. bettencourt executive profile & biography businessweek . retrieved 4 october 2016 . http ocgsystems.com.au how imperva counterbreach uses machine learning to combat insider threats http sonoranweeklyreview.com imperva introduces new product to cut risk of sensitive data theft and non compliance for global enterprises nyseimpv demuth jr. chris 22 june 2016 . tesla solarcity fails economics . seeking alpha . m & a daily . imperva . retrieved 24 september 2016 . vance ashlee 2010 1 20 . if your password is 123456 just make it hackme . the new york times . check date values in date help rachwald rob 2011 05 30 . pbs breached how hackers probably did it . jacob marc june 2011 . imperva releases details of how sep works . cohen noam 12 9 2010 . web attackers find a cause in wikileaks . the new york times . check date values in date help acohido byron 2011 06 26 . governments businesses people caught in hacker crossfire . usa today . steinberg scott 2011 07 27 . hackers attack web apps once every two minutes . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title imperva & oldid 743579108 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecomputer security companiescomputer security software companiescompanies based in redwood shores californiacompanies established in 2002hidden categories cs1 errors dateswikipedia articles containing buzzwords from january 2012articles with a promotional tone from january 2012all articles with a promotional tonearticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces 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