Data breaches are a threat to every organization. Breach damage goes beyond the loss or disclosure of sensitive or confidential data; companies incur significant financial costs associated with remediation and multi-year legal liability claims. This paper details the top 5 security threats to help organizations take steps to protect their critical data assets.

The European Union is changing the way it regulates data protection in the wake of large-scale cyber attacks and data loss incidents. This paper looks at the new data security requirements under the GDPR and provides practical tips on how to prevent a data breach disaster from happening to you and your customers.

Database auditing is an integral part of every organization’s compliance protocol, but the built-in auditing tools that come with your database exact a heavy toll on hardware, software, storage, and human resource costs. Businesses have to comply with data protection statutes in more than 100 countries around the world, and database auditing is a prerequisite ...

Web applications are a prime target for hackers because they are easily accessible and can yield highly valuable data. Companies need to protect their websites, but without compromising performance. Imperva’s Web Application Security solutions continuously adapt to evolving threats, and enable security professionals, network managers, and application developers to mitigate the risk of data breaches ...

Network security solutions are no longer enough to protect enterprises. Despite huge investments in the latest intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and next-generation firewalls (NGFWs), companies are still getting hacked. To protect against web-based threats, organizations need a web application firewall. In this on-demand webinar, Research Director Adam Hils of lead analyst firm Gartner: Discusses how ...

Gartner, Inc. has released the 2014 Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls. Imperva has been positioned as the Leader in this quadrant based on completeness of vision and ability to execute in the Web Application Firewall market. Register now to view the complete report.

Firewalls and intrusion prevention systems don’t provide sufficient protections for most public-facing websites or internal business-critical and custom Web applications. Here, we explain how Web application firewalls help security leaders to better protect Web applications in their organizations. This Gartner report: Covers the major features of WAF technology Explains the deployment options And provides selection ...

The collection and use of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is exploding. With this expansion, there is increasing pressure from individuals, industry regulators, and lawmakers for organizations to protect sensitive data from hacker attacks and insider abuse or theft. The six steps outlined in this paper illustrate the challenges around the protection of sensitive data and ...

Firewalls and intrusion prevention systems don’t provide sufficient protections for most public-facing websites or internal business-critical and custom Web applications. Here, we explain how Web application firewalls help security leaders to better protect Web applications in their organizations.

The OWASP Top 10 is widely recognized as one of the leading standards for identifying critical Web application security risks. This technical brief analyzes the risks in the OWASP Top 10 and outlines how you can protect your organization against each threat. Risks discussed in this paper include: cross-site scripting, injection attacks, cross-site request forgery ...