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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Armor

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AArmor is a cloud and mobile security solution. The vendor’s value proposition is that this solution was purpose-built to deliver the highest level of defense and control for an organization’s critical data, no matter where it’s hosted. The vendor says they are so confident in the ability of their solution to protect an organization’s data that they back it with their Cyber Warranty Guarantee.N/A

    Cisco TrustSec

    Score5 out of 10
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    Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF) is based on technology acquired with Incapsula and the former WebSphere WAF.N/A
    Pricing
    ArmorCisco TrustSecImperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ArmorCisco TrustSecImperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    ArmorCisco TrustSecImperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    -
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    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    -
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    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    ArmorCisco TrustSecImperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Armor
    Armor gives you what you need to be successful regardless of technical ability. If you can maintain the systems yourself, you are definitely ahead of the game with their service. If you're not prepared to configure and maintain the systems, they do a pretty good job of getting it set up during the onboarding process so that you don't need to dig into the technical guts too much. If you find yourself in over your head, their support staff can handle it for you in most cases.
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    Cisco
    • Control access to critical enterprise resources by business role, device type, and location, so policy changes can be made without redesigning the network.
    • Easily manage access control and segmentation while maintaining compliance.
    • Create and manage policies in an easy-to-use matrix.
    • Reduce the need for costly network re-architecture by automating firewall rules and access control list (ACL) administration.
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    I recommend Imperva specially if you have a big environment with thousand of websites because of its ease to use and availability. Imperva delivers a reliable solution with great capability to contain cyber attacks and even fraud preventions in some cases. The only scenario it's less appropriate is if your focus is anti fraud instead of a solution to block cyber attacks.
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    Pros
    Armor
    • Security - we have requirements met right out of the box and the implementation of new resources is done with security in mind.
    • Speed - We can scale resources easy and the infrastructure is fast and efficient.
    • Responsiveness - Support tickets are handled very fast with almost immediate solutions.
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    Cisco
    • Reduce operational expenses by simplifying network segmentation and defining security groups based on business roles, not IP addresses.
    • Limit the impact of a data breach by quickly isolating and containing threats using technology already in your network.
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    • Block some dynamic attacks such as SQL injection.
    • Block unfriendly accesses based on geographic source.
    • Helps us implement SSL in cases where the original server can't (yet).
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    Cons
    Armor
    • Authentication and access against the secure messaging portal is overkill when the response I'm logging in to see merely says, "yes, we have your message. An agent will respond shortly". There should be an option to receive updates like this through email.
    • The online portal that allows us to clone servers is very slow to respond. More than once I've spun up an additional server due to the lack of visual feedback on the initial request.
    • The web application firewall does not seem to be sophisticated enough to differentiate between logged in administrators and end users. We use a CMS system which allows admins to create scripts. These often get barred by the WAF even though they are not malicious.
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    Cisco
    • Help and solutions if needed, support
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    • Attack Correlation Validation - This specific policy produces a lot of false positives as well as the SQL injection policies. Of course it is difficult to tell what a legitimate query is on a public facing web app.
    • Profiling - I tend to spend more time than any other feature tuning the Web App Profiles. Plugins are used to help cope with this, but on extremely large web apps we are forced to turn off the profiling feature.
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    Usability
    Armor
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    Cisco
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    It's easy and works great. The onboarding process, although easy, can sometimes take too long for SSL and domain validation, but its not a big deal.
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    Support Rating
    Armor
    Approximately 50% of all messages we receive are automated. Either that an agent will be assigned, has been assigned, or a ticket is closed. I'd like to see more 'real' interaction, and less box ticking, though I appreciate process has to be followed. That's the one point off. Everything else is very good.
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    Cisco
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    We haven't needed support from Imperva since implementation. But during that time, their personnel were very quick to respond to questions. Since then, it's been largely doing its thing for us (which is exactly what we'd hoped).
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    Alternatives Considered
    Armor
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    Cisco
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    I believe there's no comparison as Imperva is a much more reliable and powerfull WAF. AWS WAF lacks of several features Imperva have and is not that simple to configure neither have a clean web console. I consider Imperva WAF a whole superior level of cyber security solution and it's consider to be one of the leader in this segment.
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    Return on Investment
    Armor
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    Cisco
    • Reduction in IT operational costs
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    Imperva, a Thales company
    • Meet compliance requirements - Check.
    • Better Insight into web application - Absolutely great, checks all the traffic against RFC standards and will alert on common development mistakes that duplicate application traffic or provide attack vectors for potential attackers.
    • Have had several issues blocking a customer without producing alerts, while it happened only one week out of 2 years of working with the devices, it did produce a lot of headaches.
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