Imperva API Security vs. Imperva WAF Comparison


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About Imperva API Security protects your APIs with an automated positive security model, detecting vulnerabilities in your applications, and shielding them from exploitation. Organizations manage a minimum of 300 APIs on average. Imperva’s API Security amplifies your security posture by automatically generating a positive security model for every uploaded API swagger file. APIs are being churned out faster than security teams can review, influence, and sign off on before they’re pushed into production. Imperva’s API Security enables your teams to stay ahead of DevOps via automation. Imperva API Security empowers your approach with out-of-the-box security rules adjusted to your APIs. This ensures complete OWASP API coverage and promotes visibility for all security events per API endpoint. With API Security, simply upload the OpenAPI specification file that your DevOps team has created and Imperva will automatically build a positive security model.	About Web application attacks prevent important transactions and steal sensitive data. Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) analyzes traffic to your applications to stop these attacks and ensure uninterrupted business operations. A noisy WAF forces you to choose between blocking legitimate traffic or manually containing attacks your WAF let through. Imperva Research Labs ensure accuracy to WAF customers as the threat landscape changes. Automatic policy creation and fast rule propagation empower your security teams to use third-party code without risk while working at the pace of DevOps. Imperva WAF is a key component of a comprehensive Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) stack that secures from edge to database, so the traffic you receive is only the traffic you want. We provide the best website protection in the industry – PCI-compliant, automated security that integrates analytics to go beyond OWASP Top 10 coverage, and reduces the risks created by third-party code.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Enterpises and companies searching for a solution to protect their APIs with an automated positive security model	Audience Companies, businesses and website managers looking for a web application firewall to analyze traffic to their applications to stop attacks and ensure uninterrupted business operations
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Supported
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Company Information Imperva Founded: 2002 United States www.imperva.com/products/api-security/	Company Information Imperva Founded: 2002 United States www.imperva.com/products/web-application-firewall-waf/
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Categories API Security Supported	Categories Bot Detection and Mitigation Supported DDoS Protection Supported Web Application Firewalls (WAF) Supported

Integrations Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported Azure Marketplace Supported Microsoft Azure Supported Archer Not Supported BMC AMI Data Not Supported Cisco ACI Not Supported DigiCert CertCentral Not Supported Forcepoint CASB Not Supported Google Cloud Platform Supported Invicti Web + API Not Supported Microsoft 365 Not Supported NTT Application Security Not Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Not Supported Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker (CASB) Not Supported Qualys TruRisk Platform Not Supported SAP Cloud Platform Not Supported SolarWinds Access Rights Manager Not Supported Teradata VantageCloud Not Supported The Reporting Solution (TRS) Not Supported VMware Cloud Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 9 Integrations	Integrations Amazon Web Services (AWS) Supported Azure Marketplace Supported Microsoft Azure Supported Archer Supported BMC AMI Data Supported Cisco ACI Supported DigiCert CertCentral Supported Forcepoint CASB Supported Google Cloud Platform Not Supported Invicti Web + API Supported Microsoft 365 Supported NTT Application Security Supported Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Supported Proofpoint Cloud App Security Broker (CASB) Supported Qualys TruRisk Platform Supported SAP Cloud Platform Supported SolarWinds Access Rights Manager Supported Teradata VantageCloud Supported The Reporting Solution (TRS) Supported VMware Cloud Supported Show More Integrations View All 32 Integrations
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