Thales and Imperva Win Big in 2024

Industry Awards

We love an Industry Awards ceremony. Coming together with our peers to celebrate the industry’s achievements is always a special treat. But they are always better when you win something. Luckily, we did! Microsoft Security Excellence Awards Thales was announced as the overall winner in the Identity Trailblazer category at the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. Microsoft recognized our leadership in the identity space, innovative IAM and CIAM solutions, and driving identity-related initiatives. CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards This year’s CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards saw Imperva pick up the Overall Web Security Solution Provider of the Year for the third consecutive year. It’s a recognition of Imperva’s market-leading solutions and ability to protect customers from DDoS attacks, malicious bots, business logic abuse, and more. CyberSecAsia Readers’ Choice Awards In a major triumph for our APAC team, Thales won the CyberSecAsia Readers’ Choice Award in the Data Privacy and Protection and Application Security categories. We’re especially proud of making the Hall of Fame”, a special recognition for winning at four of the past five awards ceremonies! Fortress Awards The Business Intelligence Fortress Awards recognized Imperva’s application security offering. Imperva’s Application Security Platform offers automated protection for automated attacks, protecting critical applications and providing best-in-class security. MarCom Awards It’s not only our technical solutions that win awards”, our communications efforts do, too. This year, MarCom recognized the success of our Data Threat Report (DTR), which achieved nearly 800 media mentions, 295 million impressions, and more than Euro5 million in the sales pipeline. Global Infosec Awards At the 2024 RSA Conference, Imperva nabbed an astounding eleven Cyber Defense Magazine Global InfoSec Awards. These awards recognized Imperva’s market-leading security solutions and innovative threat research. Head to the awards website to find out what Imperva picked up. CRN Channel Chiefs 2024 also saw John Polly, our VP for Worldwide Channel and Alliances, named in the Channel Company 2024 Channel Chiefs list. While we already knew how great John is, it’s heartening to see that the wider industry recognizes his exceptional leadership, influence, and innovation in driving our channel strategies! Globee Awards Imperva seems to have a knack for winning multiple awards on the same night, picking up six at this year’s Globee Awards. They were recognized for their unique ability to protect customers’ critical applications, APIs, and data anywhere, at scale, and with the highest ROI. Expert Insights Recognition We’re thrilled to be recognized by tech review platform Expert Insights in their shortlist of leading B2B tech software for CISOs and IT managers. Even better, Thales has been shortlisted in a whopping five of the following guides: Top Identity And Access Management Solutions Top Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Solutions For Business Top User Authentication And Access Management Solutions Top Single Sign-On Solutions For Business Top Customer Identity And Access Management (CIAM) Solutions Check out the Expert Insights website for more information about why they shortlisted our solutions!

Industry Analyst Recognition

2024 hasn’t just been a big year for industry awards; it was also a great year for analyst recognitions. IDC MarketScape for Web Application and API Protection IDC named Imperva a Leader in its 2024 IDC MarketScape for Web Application and API Protection enterprise platforms this year. Imperva’s Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) is a converged security solution that ensures comprehensive protection while reducing security gaps and simplifying management it’s great to see it get the recognition it deserves. Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Access Management We have been recognized as a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management, highlighting our commitment to innovation and customer-centric solutions. Our OneWelcome Identity Platform (for CIAM) and SafeNet Trusted Access (for workforce) deliver flexible, SaaS-first offerings that cater to diverse industries like banking, insurance, and media across North America and Europe. KuppingerCole European Identity and Cloud Awards In June, our partnership with LEITNER, part of the HTI Group, won the Identity Fabrics and IDaaS category at the KuppingerCole European Identity and Cloud Awards. KuppingerCole honored HTI Group for demonstrating how digital identity can enable digital services and new products. KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Sticking with the KuppingerCole theme, Thales was recognized in three Leadership Compass reports this year. We were: An Overall Leader, Market Leader, Innovation Leader, and Product Leader in Passwordless Authentication for Enterprises An Overall Leader, Market Leader, and Product Leader in Passwordless Authentication for Consumers A Leader in Customer Identity and Access Management An Overall Leader in Data Security Platform KuppingerCole also recognized Imperva as an overall leader in the Leadership Compass for Application Firewalls. Check out the full report to find out why. The year 2024 brought us remarkable achievements. As we set our sights on 2025, we aspire for a more secure digital landscape, where Thales and Imperva can persist as leaders in innovation and security. 2024 Forrester Wave for Bot Management Software Imperva listed as a Strong Performer in the 2024 Forrester Wave for Bot Management Software. Imperva excels at out-of-the-box and customizable response policies, with a range of general and use-case-based policies that can be applied per application, path, or group. The company differentiates by including a simulator that lets customers see the results of potential policies before deploying them. Forrester Wave for Data Security Platforms Imperva listed as a Strong Performer in the 2023 Forrester Wave for Data Security Platforms Imperva has made great strides in data security but needs more customer enablement. From its 2020 acquisition of jSonar to the launches of a data security business unit as well as the Tech Alliance Program (TAP), Imperva has taken major steps to enable a vision for protecting all data as organizations move their workloads to the cloud. The Imperva Data Security Fabric (DSF) is the result of this continued transformation, bringing together capabilities for database activity monitoring, access control, data risk analytics, discovery and classification, and more.