Imperva Web Application Firewall Reviews

• Bad-IP blocking and signature-based blocking for web application security

• Security compliance and temporary remediation of application vulnerabilities

Management of policies and rules can be complicated and the physical setup of the product has implications on HA.

I have used SecureSphere for 3-4 years.

Performance of the smaller boxes can be sluggish depending on the load.

We haven’t had any scalability issues.

We did not have a previous solution.

Initial setup was straightforward, but ongoing management of rules and policies are time-consuming and complicated.

Try to use a cloud-based and/or managed solution instead of managing a WAF internally; that should be the first preference.

Before choosing, we also evaluated F5 ASM.

While implementation is not hard, the process and resources for ongoing management should be thought through and agreed to before implementation.

Data marking is the solution's most valuable feature.

The firewall aspect of the solution needs improvement.

The GUI is not as intuitive enough. It should be more user-friendly, especially for end-users. 

The initial setup could be simplified. Every time you have to install the solution you have to get in touch with support or somebody that can to do that for you. 

The core functionality of the solution has been met. We find it stable enough.

The solution is very scalable. It is one of the most important features. You can also expand resources and features as well.

Customers actually require a lot of support. They want an easier channel that can provide support. The solution should offer a monthly check-in with clients. Other solutions offer this, and it's helpful for the clients, just to make sure everything is running okay.

In general, however, technical support has been good.

The initial setup required a lot of help. It took a month or two to deploy so it wasn't exactly straightforward. However, it was not as difficult as other solutions either.

I handle the on-premises deployment model. We have the latest version of the solution. We also sell the product.

I would rate the solution nine out of ten.

I use the service for protection due to the fact that it has profile functionality.

Protection is the best solution since it has profile functionality.

Interesting alternatives are Akamai and some cloud solutions do exist.