REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2017--
Imperva,
Inc. (NASDAQ:IMPV), committed to protecting business-critical data
and applications in the cloud and on-premises, today announced that
Xero, a leading global accounting platform provider, is using the
Imperva SecureSphere
Web Application Firewall (WAF) and the Imperva ThreatRadar
service to further safeguard its cloud-hosted applications from
malicious web application attacks.
Founded in 2006, today Xero provides small business cloud accounting
software. The company, which has over one million subscribers in more
than 180 countries, is scaling quickly. After experiencing a significant
period of growth, they made the decision to move from legacy
infrastructure to a cloud data-hosting environment.
Aaron
McKeown, head of Security Engineering and Architecture at Xero,
said: “With more than one million subscribers, Xero is growing globally,
and our infrastructure is scaling with it. At Xero, protecting and
defending our systems and environment against today’s sophisticated
cyberattacks is of critical importance. We needed a data-hosting
environment that would enable us to scale to meet the demands of
millions of customers and deliver consistent performance, even during
the busiest times of the day. Imperva is helping us to protect and
defend our systems without compromising speed or the deployment of
innovative features.”
Deploying Imperva SecureSphere further fortifies the layer of protection
between Xero’s users and its application that protects them against the
OWASP Top 10 web security risks. Imperva SecureSphere also enables the
virtual patching of applications against new vulnerabilities as soon as
they are discovered.
“Over the course of engaging with Imperva, we’ve developed a strong
relationship with the organization where we see them more as a security
partner rather than a vendor. Imperva FlexProtect enables Xero the
flexibility to deploy Imperva products when we need them and provides
the team with the capability to accurately project costs.
Imperva recognizes the importance and scale of the Xero platform, and
the serious role they play in protecting it,” continued McKeown.
Imperva SecureSphere WAF analyzes user access to business-critical web
applications and protects these applications and the data they utilize
against targeted web-based attacks. It learns what is considered
“normal” behavior and correlates this with crowd-sourced threat
intelligence from Imperva ThreatRadar, which includes IP reputation, bot
mitigation, and account takeover protection.
“We’re thrilled that they have chosen to use Imperva solutions as part
of their security defenses,” said Morgan Gerhart. “SecureSphere WAF
helps Xero identify and act upon dangers maliciously woven into website
traffic, enabling them to prevent breaches and downtime by protecting
the data in their web applications and securing them against attacks.”
About Imperva
Imperva®
(NASDAQ: IMPV) is a leading provider of cyber security solutions that
protect business-critical data and applications. The company’s
SecureSphere, CounterBreach,
Incapsula
and Camouflage
product lines enable organizations to discover assets and risks, protect
information wherever it lives – in the cloud and on-premises – and
comply with regulations. The Imperva
Defense Center, a research team comprised of some of the world’s
leading experts in data and application security, continually enhances
Imperva products with up-to-the-minute threat intelligence, and
publishes reports that provide insight and guidance on the latest
threats and how to mitigate them. Imperva is headquartered in Redwood
Shores, California. Learn more: www.imperva.com,
our blog,
on Twitter.
© 2017 Imperva, Inc. All rights reserved. Imperva, the Imperva logo,
CounterBreach, Incapsula, SecureSphere, ThreatRadar, and Camouflage
along with its design are trademarks of Imperva, Inc. and its
subsidiaries.

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Imperva
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