The award recognises Imperva's commitment to protecting web applications against advanced cyber attacks and is decided by a distinguished panel of judges comprising senior executives, CIOs and CTOs from the industry as well as Frost & Sullivan analysts. Imperva was presented with the award at the 2014 Asia Pacific ICT Awards event held on 25 June in Singapore.

"Imperva has successfully leveraged its strong expertise and excellent branding in application and database security to provide its best-in-class Web Application Firewall solutions to customers in the Asia Pacific, and deserves to receive the award," said Vu Anh Tien, Senior Industry Analyst, ICT- Telecoms, Frost & Sullivan. " Besides an extensive product portfolio, the company has the necessary capabilities to manage and cater to the rising demand for emerging security threats such as DDoS, data centre security advanced malware attacks, information theft and risk mitigation. This has also enabled it to streamline compliance and gain greater mindshare among the local enterprises. These efforts have helped Imperva to solidify and extend its leadership in the marketplace in 2013."  HP Pavilion DV5-1140US DV5-1141LA 6 Cell battery

Stree Naidu, Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan at Imperva, said, "We are proud to be selected as the Web Application Vendor of the Year. Growth in web application attacks has been cited as the number one concern among organisations when it comes to data disclosure and unauthorised access. This award reinforces Imperva's position as a trusted security partner, helping organisations protect web applications, and more importantly, their critical data within the data centre."

As hacking attacks become increasingly commercialised and organised, web applications and data are the main focus of modern cyber security threats. Imperva offers a comprehensive security solution including SecureSphere 10.5 and SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Its recent acquisitions of cloud access security broker, Skyfence, and cloud-based application security provider, Incapsula, further extend Imperva's comprehensive data centre security strategy across the cloud.

About Imperva Imperva, pioneering the third pillar of enterprise security, fills the gaps in endpoint and network security by directly protecting high-value applications and data assets in physical and virtual data centers. With an integrated security platform built specifically for modern threats, Imperva data center security provides the visibility and control needed to neutralize attack, theft, and fraud from inside and outside the organization, mitigate risk, and streamline compliance. Over 3,100 customers in more than 75 countries rely on our SecureSphere® platform to safeguard their business. Imperva is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. Learn more: www.imperva.com, our blog, on Twitter.HP Pavilion DV5-1233 DV5-1233SE DV5-1234SE battery

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Cathryn van der Walt, 12 Worlds on behalf of Imperva Tel: +61 (0) 402 327 633, e: cathryn@12worlds.com