AUSCERT, Gold Coast 18 May 2011 – Imperva, the leader in data security, today confirmed that it had won the ‘Product or Service of the Year’ category for its SecureSphere Web Application Firewall at the annual SC Magazine Awards.

“We are delighted to be the 2011 winner of the SC Magazine ‘Product or Service of the Year’,” outlined Stree Naidu, Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan for Imperva. “This is a direct acknowledgement of our commitment to solution strategy, product development and success with our clients here in Australia. This was a stringent judging process and we are thrilled to not only be nominated, but to be the winner of the category”.

Naidu continued: “We also congratulate all of the nominees and winners of the respective award categories.”

Imperva received its award at the AUSCERT 2011 Gala Dinner held on Tuesday 17 May.

The award winning Imperva SecureSphere is the only solution that delivers full activity monitoring from the database to the accountable application user. It protects sensitive data from hackers and malicious insiders, provides a fast and cost-effective route to regulatory compliance and establishes a repeatable process for data risk management.

SecureSphere includes centralized management and reporting framework, physical and virtual appliance delivery options, and server agent software that extends data security to host systems. With its flexible deployment options and administration capabilities, SecureSphere provides organizations the scalability, adaptability, and management needed to deploy state of the art data security solutions.

Global reference clients include Agilent, TechSoup Global, Fiserv, Apple, TDAmeritrade, Wells Fargo, BetFair, and O2.

Imperva was Highly Commended in the Vendor of the Year Category in the SC Magazine Awards in 2010.