---
id: "imperva"
type: "component"
kind: "waf"
provider: "default"
category: "security"
docs: "https://docs-cybersec.thalesgroup.com/bundle/cloud-application-security/page/policies.htm"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/imperva"
---

# Imperva Application Security

SaaS reverse-proxy WAF whose built-in injection and access rules block requests by default.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Web application firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/waf) |
| Category | Security |
| Official docs | [https://docs-cybersec.thalesgroup.com/bundle/cloud-application-security/page/policies.htm](https://docs-cybersec.thalesgroup.com/bundle/cloud-application-security/page/policies.htm) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `botProtection` | boolean | — | no | — | **true** |
| `cdnEnabled` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `customRuleCount` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `ddosProtection` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `deployment` | enum | `cloud-waf`, `waf-gateway`, `connector` | no | "cloud-waf" | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `managedRuleSet` | string | — | no | — | **"imperva-default"** |
| `mode` | enum | `detection`, `prevention`, `off` | no | — | **"prevention"** |
| `rateLimiting` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 13

- [Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-waf.md) `alibaba-waf` — alibabacloud
- [AWS WAF web ACL](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-waf.md) `aws-waf` — aws
- [AWS WAF Classic](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-waf-classic.md) `aws-waf-classic` — aws
- [Azure Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-web-application-firewall.md) `azure-web-application-firewall` — azure
- [Firewall for AI](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-firewall-for-ai.md) `cloudflare-firewall-for-ai` — cloudflare
- [Cloudflare WAF](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-waf.md) `cloudflare-waf` — cloudflare
- [Coraza](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/coraza.md) `coraza` — default
- [ModSecurity](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/modsecurity.md) `modsecurity` — default
- [NAXSI](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/naxsi.md) `naxsi` — default
- [Generic web application firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/waf.md) `waf` — default
- [Google Cloud Armor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-armor.md) `google-cloud-armor` — gcp
- [reCAPTCHA Enterprise](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-recaptcha-enterprise.md) `google-recaptcha-enterprise` — gcp
- [Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-waf.md) `oci-waf` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "imperva", component: "imperva" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Imperva Application Security (Cloud WAF): reverse-proxy SaaS WAF. Per "Create and Manage
# Policies" the built-in WAF rules (SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, Illegal Resource
# Access, Remote File Inclusion) default to Block Request, so it enforces out of the box.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "imperva"
kind: "waf"
provider: "default"
docs: "https://docs-cybersec.thalesgroup.com/bundle/cloud-application-security/page/policies.htm"
defaults:
  managed: true
  mode: "prevention"
  managedRuleSet: "imperva-default"
  botProtection: true
properties:
  deployment:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["cloud-waf", "waf-gateway", "connector"]
    default: "cloud-waf"
  ddosProtection:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  cdnEnabled:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/imperva